Reducing stray radiation dose for a pediatric patient receiving proton craniospinal irradiation

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Taddei, Phillip J ^a   Mirkovic, Dragan ^a   Fontenot, Jonas D ^a   Giebeler, Annelise ^a   Zheng, Yuanshui ^a   Titt, Uwe ^a   Woo, Shiao ^a   Newhauser, Wayne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Proton craniospinal irradiation; Shielding; Stray radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NOZZLES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SHIELDING; STRAY LIGHT;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; EXTERNAL NEUTRON SOURCES; ORGAN EQUIVALENT DOSE; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PROTON TREATMENT; STRAY RADIATION;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 64549151476     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT09-A9108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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