A novel approach for superficial intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) using a 50 kV X-ray source: A technical and case report

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 167-176

  Schneider, Frank ^a   Clausen, Sven ^a   Thölking, Johannes ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Abo Madyan, Yasser ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electronic brachytherapy; INTRABEAM radiotherapy system; Intraoperative radiotherapy; Superficial radiotherapy; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891752703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i1.4502     Document Type: Article

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