Radiotherapy for supradiaphragmatic Hodgkin's disease: Determination of the proper fetal shielding conditions using Monte Carlo methodology

Physica Medica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 181-187

  Mazonakis, Michalis ^a   Tzedakis, Antonis ^b   Varveris, Charalambos ^b   Damilakis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fetal shielding; Hodgkin's disease; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MANTLE FIELD RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THICKNESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; FETUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80052965984     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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