A comparison of 18-MV and 6-MV treatment plans using 3D dose calculation with and without heterogeneity correction

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-294

  Ellen, Marian M ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a   Miller, Linda A ^a   Erice, Rolly C ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

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

Author keywords

18 MV x rays; Breast dosimetry; Heterogeneity corrections; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STANDARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032776244     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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