A comprehensive clinical 3-dimensional dosimetric analysis of forward planned IMRT and conventional wedge planned techniques for intact breast radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-70

  Herrick, Joseph S ^a   Neill, Cory J ^a   Rosser, Peter F ^a  

^a Radiation Oncology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Dose distribution; IMRT; Wedges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 38849165887     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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