Surface applicator calibration and commissioning of an electronic brachytherapy system for nonmelanoma skin cancer treatment

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5509-5517

  Rong, Yi ^a,b   Welsh, James S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Riverview Hospital Association   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; electronic brachytherapy; nonmelanoma skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma; surface applicator

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; ELECTRON SOURCES; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

AIR GAP MEASUREMENT; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPREHENSIVE CALIBRATIONS; NONMELANOMA SKIN; PARALLEL-PLATE CHAMBER; SOURCE-SURFACE DISTANCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

APPLICATORS;

EID: 77957700321     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3489379     Document Type: Article

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