Published April 1980
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Journal article
Dosimetry of a silicone breast prosthesis
Description
Dose measurements were conducted in a phantom which simulates breast tissue and in another phantom which simulates a breast containing a silicone prosthesis. No detectable difference was found when the irradiations were carried out with tangential beams of 60Co radiation. The degree of backscatter and absorption of radiation by the prosthesis and phantom were also similar. A slight decrease in dose of approximately 8% was found at the interface between the prosthesis and muscle-equivalent material
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Radiology
- Journal Volume
- 135
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Radiology.
- Journal Page Range
- 223-224
- ISSN
- 0033-8419
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11570793
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BACKSCATTERING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COBALT 60; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTEGRAL DOSES; MAMMARY GLANDS; PHANTOMS; PROSTHESES; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SILICONES; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COBALT ISOTOPES; DATA; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GLANDS; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICAL SUPPLIES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MOCKUP; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; POLYMERS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCATTERING; SILOXANES; STRUCTURAL MODELS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES