Radiation safety survey on a flattening filter-free medical accelerator

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Vassiliev, O N ^a   Titt, U ^a   Kry, S F ^a   Mohan, R ^a   Gillin, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SHIELD;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TEXAS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 37449020314     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm179     Document Type: Article

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