Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 228-232 , Autumn 2009

Skin Dose Impact from Vacuum Immobilization Device and Carbon Fiber Couch in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

  • Kuo-Wei Lee, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • Division of Health Physics, Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jian-Kuen Wu, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shiu-Chen Jeng, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Wan Hsueh Liu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Engineering and System Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jason Chia-Hsien Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Jason Chia-Hsien Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 15 July 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00163-5

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.10.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 228-232 , Autumn 2009

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