Evaluation of compensation in breast radiotherapy: A planning study using multiple static fields

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 671-679

  Donovan, Ellen M ^a   Johnson, Ursula ^b   Shentall, Glyn ^c   Evans, Philip M ^a   Neal, Anthony J ^a   Yarnold, John R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Compensator design; Electronic portal imaging; Intensity modulated beams; Multileaf collimation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

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

EID: 0033976173     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00388-0     Document Type: Article

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