The need for individualized dosimetry for tangential breast treatment

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-318

  Dunlap, Barbara ^a   Olch, Arthur ^a   Wollin, Myron ^a   Robert Kagan, A ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Standardization; Tangential fields; Wedged fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031408498     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(97)00105-2     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Johnson, J. M.; Polish, R. A,; Khan, F. M. Improved dose distribution with a universal acrylic breast compensator. Med. Dosim. 21:127-132; 1996.