Implementation of 3D-virtual brachytherapy in the management of breast cancer: A description of a new method of interstitial brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 629-635

  Vicini, Frank A ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a   Horwitz, Eric M ^a   Edmundson, Gregory K ^a   DeBiose, David A ^a   Kini, Vijay R ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Breast implants; Interstitial brachytherapy; Virtual brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032005397     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00499-9     Document Type: Article

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