Quantification of the skin sparing effect achievable with high-energy photon beams when carbon fiber tables are used

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Mihaylov, Ivaylo B ^a   Penagaricano, Jose ^a   Moros, Eduardo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Couch; Dose; IMRT; Skin dose

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FIBER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOTON THERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARBON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHOTONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 70349320311     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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