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Dosimetry Effects Caused by Unilateral and Bilateral Hip Prostheses: A Monte Carlo Case Study in Megavoltage Photon Radiotherapy for Computed Tomography Data without Metal Artifacts
BACKGROUND: Hip prostheses (HPs) are routinely used in hip augmentation to replace painful or dysfunctional hip joints. However, high-density and high-atomic-number (Z) inserts may cause dose perturbations in the target volume and interface regions. AIM: To evaluate the dosimetric influence of vario...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299754/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30636849 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jmp.JMP_70_18 |