A comparison of different intensity modulation treatment techniques for tangential breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1305-1314

  Chang, Sha X ^a   Deschesne, Katharin M ^a   Cullip, Timothy J ^a   Parker, Stephanie A ^a   Earnhart, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensator; Contralateral breast dose; Dose optimization; Intensity modulation; Multileaf collimator; Tangential breast irradiation; Virtual wedge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032761378     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00344-2     Document Type: Article

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