Published 2008 | Version v1
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Determination of absorbed dose for mantle field with extended FSD

  • 1. Department of Radiotherapy, Regional Cancer Centre, JIPMER, Pondicherry (India)

Description

Determination of absorbed dose for Mantle Field technique by conventional method and direct dosimetry is studied and compared in this paper. Mantle field is used for supradiaphragmatic disease. The target volume for a mantle field includes the occipital, submental, submandibular, anterior and posterior cervical and supraclavicular nodes. In addition it covers the infraclavicular, axillary, medial-pectoral, paratracheal and mediastinal lymph nodes

Part of:
International conference on Medical Physics and twenty ninth annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India: souvenir and book of abstracts

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Association of Medical Physicists of India
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
International conference on Medical Physics and twenty ninth annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India : souvenir and book of abstracts
Imprint Pagination
166 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 56-57

Conference

Title
international conference on medical physics; 29. annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India
Acronym
ICMP-2008
Dates
26-29 Nov 2008
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
40077768
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHEST; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING MATERIALS
Descriptors DEC
BODY; DOSES; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY

Optional Information

Notes
2 figs.