A simple technique for an accurate shielding of the lungs during total body irradiation

PURPOSE: During total body irradiation (TBI), customized shielding blocks are positioned in front of the lungs to reduce radiation dose. The difficulty is to accurately position the blocks to cover the entire lungs. A new technique based on Computed Tomography (CT) simulation was developed to determ...

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Autores principales: Mekdash, Hana, Shahine, Bilal, Jalbout, Wassim, Chehab, Chirine, Abdel Khalek, Helena, Youssef, Bassem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2017.07.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7033769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32095561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2017.07.001

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