Optimization of conformal avoidance: A comparative study of prone vs. supine interstitial high-dose-rate breast brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-140

  Hui, Susanta K ^a   Das, Rupak K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast; Conformal avoidance; Dose volume histogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HIGH DOSE RATE BREAST BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LUNG; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844386216     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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