Peripheral neutron and gamma doses in radiotherapy with an 18 MV linear accelerator

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 607-612

  Vanhavere, F ^a   Huyskens, D ^b   Struelens, L ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; METASTASIS; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; PHANTOM; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME;

BODY BURDEN; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUTRONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4644310828     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch135     Document Type: Article

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