Establishing radiation therapy treatment planning effects involving implantable pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-45

  Gossman, Michael S ^a   Graves Calhoun, Alison R ^b   Wilkinson, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a Tri State Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillator; ICD; Implantable; Pacemaker; Radiation; TG 34

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954298418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i1.3115     Document Type: Article

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