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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An x-ray system used for therapy with the x-ray tube port placed in contact with or within 5 centimeters of the surface being treated.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - contact%20therapy

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Because of very short SSD [sourcesurface distance] and low voltage, the contact therapy beam produces a very rapidly decreasing depth dose in tissue. For that reason, if the beam is incident on a patient, the skin surface is maximally irradiated but the underlying tissues are spared to an increasing degree with dept.  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - contact%20therapy

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Radiothérapie utilisant des tubes spécialement construits pour que la distance de l'anticathode à la peau soit très courte (généralement inférieure à 5 cm).  1, fiche 1, Français, - radioth%C3%A9rapie%20de%20contact

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol