Accuracy of alignment in breast irradiation: A retrospective analysis of clinical practice

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue JUL., 1999, Pages 685-690

  Pradier, O ^a   Schmidberger, H ^a   Weiss, E ^a   Bouscayrol, H ^b   Daban, A ^c   Hess, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG; MEASUREMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; THORAX WALL;

EID: 0032808506     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.859.10624326     Document Type: Article

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