A simplified technique for delivering total body irradiation (TBI) with improved dose homogeneity

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2239-2248

  Yao, Rui ^a   Bernard, Damian ^a   Turian, Julius ^a   Abrams, Ross A ^a   Sensakovic, William ^a   Fung, Henry C ^a   Chu, James C H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lung block; lung dose; midplane dose; total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; LUNG BLOCK; LUNG DOSE; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; MIDPLANE DOSE; TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION; TREATMENT PROCESS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

EID: 84861594270     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3697526     Document Type: Article

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