Quantitative assessment of skin erythema due to radiotherapy - Evaluation of different measurements

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Wengström, Yvonne ^a,b   Forsberg, Christina ^a   Näslund, Ingemar ^b   Bergh, Jonas ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Method development; Quantitative assessment; Radiotherapy; Skin erythema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; CAMERA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 3543109599     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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