Evaluation of radiation dose delivered by cone beam CT and tomosynthesis employed for setup of external breast irradiation

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-173

  Winey, Brian ^a   Zygmanski, Piotr ^a   Lyatskaya, Yulia ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast setup; CB CT; CB TS; Dose measurements

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; RADIATION;

BREAST IRRADIATION; BREAST SETUP; CB-TS; CONTRALATERAL BREAST; DOSE MEASUREMENT; EXTERNAL BEAM IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; TARGET LOCALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 58149109434     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3036113     Document Type: Article

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