Monte Carlo investigation of breast intraoperative radiation therapy with metal attenuator plates

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4578-4584

  Martignano, A ^a,b   Menegotti, L ^a   Valentini, A ^a  

^a S Chiara Hospital   (Italy)

^b School of Medical Physics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuator plates; Breast; Intraoperative; Monte Carlo; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BACKSCATTER RADIATION; BACKSCATTERED RADIATION; BREAST; INTRA-OPERATIVE; INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRONS; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; LOW-Z MATERIALS; PLATE INTERFACES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36649006199     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2805089     Document Type: Article

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