The effect of finite patient dimensions and tissue inhomogeneities on dosimetry planning of 192Ir HDR breast brachytherapy: A Monte Carlo dose verification study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1596-1602

  Pantelis, Evaggelos ^a   Papagiannis, Panagiotis ^a   Karaiskos, Pantelis ^a,b   Angelopoulos, Angelos ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Giorgos ^c   Baltas, Dimos ^c   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^c   Sakelliou, Loukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Klinikum Offenbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast; Dosimetry; High dose rate; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSAGE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IRIDIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; SKIN; TISSUE;

CLINICAL TREATMENT; LUNG SURFACE; MATHEMATICAL PHANTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN SURFACE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 16344379083     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.065     Document Type: Article

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