Optimized MLC-beam arrangements for tangential breast irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-212

  Zackrisson, Björn ^a   Arevärn, Mikael ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intensity modulation; Multi leaf collimator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0342905053     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00143-2     Document Type: Article

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