The effects of titanium mesh on passive-scattering proton dose

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lin, H ^a   Ding, X ^a   Yin, L ^a   Zhai, H ^a   Liu, H ^a   Kassaee, A ^a   Hill Kayser, C ^a   Lustig, R A ^a   McDonough, J ^a   Both, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; proton therapy; titanium mesh

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SCATTERING;

DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; INCIDENT ANGLES; METALLIC IMPLANTS; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; RANGE REDUCTION; TITANIUM MESHES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

TITANIUM;

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTIFACT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICES; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TITANIUM;

EID: 84899620609     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/10/N81     Document Type: Article

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