Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 298-301 , Winter 2006

Effects of neurosurgical titanium mesh on radiation dose

  • Hassisen Patone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Hassisen Patone, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, G-002, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.
    • ,
  • Jennifer Barker, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • David Roberge, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Received 9 June 2005 ,Accepted 1 May 2006.

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00129-4

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.05.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 298-301 , Winter 2006

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