Inter-fraction motion and dosimetric consequences during breast intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Jain, Pooja ^a   Marchant, Tom ^b   Green, Melanie ^a   Watkins, Gillian ^a   Davies, Julie ^b   McCarthy, Claire ^b   Loncaster, Juliette ^b   Stewart, Alan ^b   Magee, Brian ^b   Moore, Christopher ^b   Price, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; Cone beam imaging; Dose homogeneity; IMRT; Inter fraction motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOTION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149234198     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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