Accuracy of two- and three-dimensional photon dose calculation for tangential irradiation of the breast

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-248

  Davis, J Bernard ^a   Pfäfflin, Angelika ^a   Cozzi, Antonella Fogliata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 D treatment planning; 3 D treatment planning; tangential breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0342813166     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01908-7     Document Type: Article

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