Activation of hip prostheses in high energy radiotherapy and resultant dose to nearby tissue

High energy radiotherapy can produce contaminant neutrons through the photonuclear effect. Patients receiving external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis may have high‐density hip prostheses. Metallic materials such as those in hip prostheses, often have high cross‐sections for neutron interaction...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Keehan, Stephanie, Smith, Ryan L., Millar, Jeremy, Esser, Max, Taylor, Michael L., Lonski, Peta, Kron, Tomas, Franich, Rick D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Radiation Oncology Physics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5689951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28300363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12058

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5689951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28300363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acm2.12058

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