Dosimetric effects near implanted vascular access ports: An examination of external photon beam dose calculations

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 3-15

  Gossman, Michael S ^a   Seuntjens, Jan P ^b   Serban, Monica F ^c   Christian, Kelly J ^d   Lawson, Raymond C ^a   Robertson, Mary A ^a   Lopez, Jeffrey P ^a   Justice, Terry E ^a  

^a Tri State Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Bard Access Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AAA; Attenuation; Backscatter; Lateral scatter; Monte Carlo; PBC; Vascular port

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749246162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i3.2886     Document Type: Article

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