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Assessment of Neutron Contamination Originating from the Presence of Wedge and Block in Photon Beam Radiotherapy

BACKGROUND: One of the main causes of induction of secondary cancer in radiation therapy is neutron contamination received by patients during treatment. Objective: In the present study the impact of wedge and block on neutron contamination production is investigated. The evaluations are conducted fo...

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Autores principales: Bahreyni Toossi, M.T., Khajetash, B., Ghorbani, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5928309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29732336