Automatic generation of a plan optimization volume for tangential field breast cancer radiation therapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-88

  Van Vaerenbergh, Koen ^c   De Gersem, Werner ^c   Vakaet, Luc ^c   Coghe, Marc ^c   Boterberg, Tom ^c   Bakker, Marlies ^c   Derie, Christina ^c   Willaert, Wouter ^c   Seij, Patricia ^c   Duthoy, Wim ^c   De Wagter, Carlos ^b   De Neve, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Radiotherapie en Kerngeneeskunde   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Automated generation; Breast cancer; Plan optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044371974     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-005-1310-1     Document Type: Article

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