Fetal dose reduction in head and neck radiotherapy of a pregnant woman

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 168-172

  Moeckli, Raphaël ^a   Ozsahin, Mahmut ^b   Pache, Gilbert ^a   Valley, Jean François ^a   Mirimanoff, René Olivier ^b   Azria, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fetal dose; MLC; Pregnancy; Virtual wedge (VW)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEURILEMOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL WEDGE;

EID: 4544334529     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00215     Document Type: Article

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