A single isocenter technique using CT-based planning in the treatment of breast cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-245

  Edlund, Teresa ^a   Gannett, David ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CT based treatment planning; Single isocenter treatment technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032761718     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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