Dosimetric verification of modulated electron radiotherapy delivered using a photon multileaf collimator for intact breasts

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6009-6025

  Jin, L ^a   Ma, C M ^a   Fan, J ^a   Eldib, A ^a   Price, R A ^a   Chen, L ^a   Wang, L ^a   Chi, Z ^a   Xu, Q ^a   Sherif, M ^a   Li, J S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTONS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

15MEV ELECTRONS; 3D TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST CANCERS; BREAST PHANTOMS; CT DATUMS; DOSE ACCURACIES; DOSE CALCULATIONS; DOSE COMPARISONS; ION CHAMBERS; MODULATED ELECTRON RADIOTHERAPIES; MONTE CARLO; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHASE SPACES; RADIATION THERAPIES; SIEMENS; SOLID WATERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BENCHMARKING; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 58149242692     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/008     Document Type: Article

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