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Carbon Fiber/Polyether Ether Ketone (CF/PEEK) Implants Allow for More Effective Radiation in Long Bones

Background: Metallic implants show dose-modulating effects in radiotherapy and complicate its computed tomography (CT)-based planning. Dose deviations might not only affect the surrounding tissues due to backscattering and inadvertent dose increase but might also compromise the therapeutic effect to...

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Autores principales: Laux, Christoph J., Villefort, Christina, Ehrbar, Stefanie, Wilke, Lotte, Guckenberger, Matthias, Müller, Daniel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32283675
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13071754