An investigation into methods of IMRT planning applied to breast radiotherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 964, 2008, Pages 311-322

  Donovan, Ellen M ^a   Yarnold, J R ^a   Adams, E J ^a   Morgan, A ^b   Warrington, A P J ^a   Evans, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42449113042     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/28583675     Document Type: Article

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