Dose to the contralateral breast: A comparison of two techniques using the enhanced dynamic wedge versus a standard wedge

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Warlick, William B ^a   O'Rear, James H ^a   Earley, Laura ^a   Moeller, John H ^a   Gaffney, David K ^a   Leavitt, Dennis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral breast; Enhanced dynamic wedge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030799806     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(97)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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