Open AccessHigh incidence of implantable cardioverter defibrillator malfunctions during radiation therapy: neutrons as a probable cause of soft errors
Author(s) -
Jan Elders,
Martina Kunze-Busch,
Robert Jan Smeenk,
Joep L.R.M. Smeets
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus197
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , incidence (geometry) , radiation therapy , cardiology , physics , optics
To investigate the behaviour of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) function during actual radiotherapy sessions.
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