Isoseparation curves: A mechanism for optimizing off-axis dose homogeneity of intact breast irradiation

Radiation Oncology Investigations

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Buchholz, Thomas A ^a   Bilton, Stephen ^b   Gurgoze, Erdal ^c   Strom, Eric A ^a   McNeese, Marsha D ^a   Bice, William S ^b   Prestidge, Bradley R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Arizona Oncology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Collimator; Dose inhomogeneity; Isoseparation curves; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031880195     PISSN: 10657541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6823(1998)6:4<191::AID-ROI7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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