A new radiation shielding block material for radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3022-3023

  Tajiri, Minoru ^a   Sunaoka, Masayoshi ^a   Fukumura, Akifumi ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Beam shaping; Environmental pollution; Lead substitute; Shielding block

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BEAM-SHAPING; BLOCK MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LEAD SUBSTITUTES;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

LEAD; LIPOWITZ METAL; METAL; RAD BLOCK; RESIN; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 9244242563     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1809767     Document Type: Article

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