Published December 1983
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Journal article
Calculation and prescription of dose for total body irradiation
Description
The use of large total body fields creates a unique set of problems that stress the accuracy of techniques routinely used for dose calculation. This paper discusses an approach suggested by the Children's Cancer Study Group (CCSG) for both prescribing the total body irradiation (TBI) dose and calculating the beam-on time or meter set needed to deliver it. It is aimed at guaranteeing the accuracy of the calculation, while at the same time ensuring a high degree of compliance for various CCSG protocols using TBI. Data supporting the various CCSG recommendations are presented
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 9
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 1919-1924
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15061323
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; HARD X RADIATION; PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; MEDICINE; RADIATIONS; THERAPY; X RADIATION