Total skin high-dose-rate electron therapy dosimetry using TG-51

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-287

  Gossman, Michael S ^a   Sharma, Subhash C ^b  

^a Erlanger Medical Center   (United States)

^b Parkview Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

HDTSET; Mycosis fungoides; Stanford technique; Total skin

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; ENERGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 7444261932     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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