RADIATION PROTECTION OF PATIENT DURING RADIOTHERAPY

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 152  (2) , 191-198
Abstract
Systematic studies of gonadal doses to patients undergoing [antineoplastic] therapy on 60Co and X-ray machines were carried out using thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD). Phantom and in vivo measurements were performed for various field sizes and for different positions of the center of the field on the patient''s body with exception of fields including the gonads during radiotherapeutic treatment. Most radiation reaching gonads is transmitted axially through the body and it is impossible to reduce this dose with a simple shielding. The figures presented allow prediction of gonadal doses at various conditions. The efficiency of lung, mouth etc. shielding during radiotherapy was also investigated.

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