Hybrid IMRT plans - Concurrently treating conventional and IMRT beams for improved breast irradiation and reduced planning time

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 922-932

  Mayo, Charles S ^a,b   Urie, Marcia M ^a   Fitzgerald, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UMASS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast irradiation; Hybrid IMRT; IMRT breast techniques

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); LUNGS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE;

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

EID: 13844266128     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.10.033     Document Type: Article

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