Conceptus dose from involved-field radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma on a linear accelerator equipped with MLCs

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 355-363

  Mazonakis, Michalis ^a   Lyraraki, Efrossini ^a   Varveris, Charalambos ^a   Samara, Elina ^a   Zourari, Kyveli ^a   Damilakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conceptus dose; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HODGKIN DISEASE; INVOLVED FIELD RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 67149119137     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-1932-9     Document Type: Article

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