Evaluation of calculation algorithms implemented in different commercial planning systems on an anthropomorphic breast phantom using film dosimetry

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 667-672

  Polednik, Martin ^a   Abo Madyan, Yasser ^a,b   Schneider, Frank ^a   Wolff, Dirk ^a   Bannach, Burkhardt ^c   Lambrecht, Ulrike ^d   Wallin, André ^e   Cwiekala, Marian ^f   Maurer, Klaus ^g   Reif, Florian ^g   Lohr, Frank ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c Duesseldorf University Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^e VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f General Hospital of Hagen   (Germany)

^g Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology   (Germany)

Author keywords

CC; Collapsed cone; Dose calculation; Film dosimetry; PB; Pencil beam

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36448933834     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1775-1     Document Type: Article

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