Breast-conserving radiation therapy: Potential of inverse planning with intensity modulation

Radiology

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 871-876

  Smitt, Melanie C ^a   Li, Shi Dong ^a   Shostak, Carol A ^a   Chang, Wendy ^a   Boyer, Arthur L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, therapeutic radiology; Dosimetry; Therapeutic radiology, computer assisted; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG VOLUME; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030926998     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.203.3.9169719     Document Type: Article

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