Measurement of dose reductions for superficial x-rays backscattered from bone interfaces

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Butson, Martin J ^a,b,c   Cheung, Tsang ^a   Yu, Peter K N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; MAMMALS; TUMORS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; BONE STRUCTURES; DOSE REDUCTIONS; MEAS URED RESULTS; PATIENT DOSES; TUMOURS;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY;

BONE AND BONES; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER; X-RAY FILM; X-RAYS;

EID: 51849125153     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/17/N01     Document Type: Article

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