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Quality Control of a Hyperthermia System

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Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 267))

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Characterization of the applicators, of the thermometers and of the cooling (bolus) system of hyperthermic apparatus must be made before starting hyperthermic treatment and also starting with a frequency depending on the technical features of equipments that make up the whole system. This data gives the radiotherapist some useful parameters for the selection of applicators and general knowledge of the accuracy of the system.

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  1. Instituto Nazionale Tumori-Divisione di fisica Sanitaria, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Adele Emilia Sichirollo & Giancarlo Zonca

  2. Aeritalia Spa, Gruppo Sistemi e Telequidati, 10072, Caselle Torinese, Italy

    Guido Ogno

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  1. Adele Emilia Sichirollo
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  2. Giancarlo Zonca
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  1. Valley Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Haim I. Bicher M.D.

  2. Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    John R. McLaren

  3. II University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe M. Pigliucci

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Sichirollo, A.E., Zonca, G., Ogno, G. (1990). Quality Control of a Hyperthermia System. In: Bicher, H.I., McLaren, J.R., Pigliucci, G.M. (eds) Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 267. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5766-7_14

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