Dose errors due to inhomogeneities in balloon catheter brachytherapy for breast cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 672-677

  Ye, Sung Joon ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^a   Shen, Sui ^a   Kim, Siyong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon catheter; Breast brachytherapy; Inhomogeneities; Monte Carlo simulation; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO DOSES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; DOSE CALCULATION; EVALUATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4544372255     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.05.039     Document Type: Article

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