Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 782-788 , June 2009

Estimating Radiation Doses to the Skin from Interventional Radiology Procedures for a Patient Population with Cancer

  • Lawrence T. Dauer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to L.T.D.
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  • Raymond Thornton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Yusuf Erdi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Hung Ching, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Klaus Hamacher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Daniel C. Boylan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Matthew J. Williamson, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Stephen Balter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065
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  • Jean St. Germain, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 84, New York, NY 10065

Received 5 September 2008 ,Revised 27 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00215-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.03.009

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 782-788 , June 2009

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