Doses to organs and tissues from concomitant imaging in radiotherapy: A suggested framework for clinical justification

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 972, 2008, Pages 970-974

  Harrison, R M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; CELL KILLING; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LARYNX; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56749120229     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/77088613     Document Type: Article

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