Radiation safety consideration during intraoperative radiation therapy

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 376-382

  Mobit, Paul N ^a   Rajaguru, Priyadarshini ^a   Brewer, Michael ^a   Baird, Michael ^a   Packianathan, Satyaseelan ^a   Yang, Claus Chunli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84929663384     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu292     Document Type: Article

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