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  • Title: [Somatic radiation risk in brain irradiation].
    Author: Nocken U, Ewen K, Makoski HB.
    Journal: Strahlentherapie; 1983 Sep; 159(9):548-50. PubMed ID: 6636214.
    Abstract:
    The somatic dose index for irradiation of the brain was determined for the 10 MeV bremsstrahlung of a linear electron accelerator. A small volume rotation technique and the irradiation of the total neurocranium were chosen as extreme conditions for the radiation exposure of the skull. On the basis of a target volume dose of 50 Gy for the total irradiation series, the somatic dose index of the small volume technique is within the scope of coronarography. In case of irradiation of the total neurocranium, however, the somatic dose index largely exceeds the maximum values of X-ray diagnosis.
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