Dosimetric valuation of compensation in radiotherapy of the breast: MLC intensity modulation and physical compensators

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-256

  Hansen, Vibeke N ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Shentall, Glyn S ^a   Helyer, Ssrah J ^a   Yarnold, John R ^a   Swindell, William ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast radiotherapy; intensity modulated beams; MLC; portal imaging; tissue heterogeneity compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030610910     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01895-6     Document Type: Article

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