Concepts for critical organ dosimetry in three-dimensional image-based breast brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 320-326

  Berger, Daniel ^a   Kauer Dorner, Daniela ^a   Seitz, Wolfgang ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast; Image based dosimetry; Organ at risk; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RIB; SKIN; SKIN SURFACE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RIBS; SKIN;

EID: 53349120027     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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