Assessment of out-of-field doses in radiotherapy of brain lesions in children

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 927-933

  Taylor, Michael L ^a,b   Kron, Tomas ^a,b   Franich, Rick D ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Out of field; Pediatric; Peripheral dose; Untargeted

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; BRAIN LESIONS; CHILDREN; CRANIOCAUDAL; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSE REDUCTION; ENERGY MODES; LARGER FIELDS; MULTIMODES; OUT-OF-FIELD; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PERIPHERAL DOSE; PRIMARY BEAMS; SIMPLE METHOD; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT CONDITIONS; UNTARGETED; X-PLANE;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALIBRATION; CHILD; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79551482839     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.04.064     Document Type: Article

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