Radiation exposure of personnel during intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT): Radiation protection aspects

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-494

  Strigari, Lidia ^a   Soriani, A ^a   Landoni, V ^a   Teodoli, S ^a   Bruzzaniti, V ^a   Benassi, M ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraoperative radiotherapy; Safe radiation exposure; Weight factors for neutron spectra

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PERSONNEL; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 8544246436     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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