Organ and effective doses from verification techniques in image-Guided radiotherapy

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 277-280

  Dufek, V ^a,b   Horakova, I ^a   Novak, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NECK; PELVIS; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 81255163047     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr335     Document Type: Article

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