The effects of intrafraction motion on dose homogeneity in a breast phantom with physical wedges, enhanced dynamic wedges, and ssIMRT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-75

  Sidhu, Sabeena ^a,b,c   Sidhu, Narinder P ^a,b   Lapointe, Claude ^a   Gryschuk, Gerald ^a  

^a Saskatoon Cancer Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast phantom; Gating; Intrafraction motion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TUMORS;

BREAST PHANTOM; GATING; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; NORMALIZED AGREEMENT TEST (NAT); PLANNING TARGET AREA (PTA);

DRUG DOSAGE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33746849329     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.03.045     Document Type: Article

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