Effect of organ size and position on out-of-field dose distributions during radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7025-7036

  Scarboro, Sarah B ^a,b   Stovall, Marilyn ^b   White, Allen ^a,b   Smith, Susan A ^b   Yaldo, Derek ^a,b   Kry, Stephen F ^a,b   Howell, Rebecca M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIVE TRACT; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HIGH DOSE; ISOCENTERS; LARGE REGIONS; MEAN DOSE; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION TREATMENTS; SECOND MALIGNANCY; SIZE AND POSITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; STOMACH;

ADULT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANS AT RISK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STOMACH;

EID: 78650038776     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/23/S05     Document Type: Article

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