An experimental attenuation plate to improve the dose distribution in intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy for breast cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3491-3500

  Oshima, T ^a   Aoyama, Y ^a,b   Shimozato, T ^c   Sawaki, M ^b   Imai, T ^b   Ito, Y ^b   Obata, Y ^c   Tabushi, K ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICES; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE; INTRA-OPERATIVE; METAL DISK; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NORMAL TISSUE; RADIOPHOTOLUMINESCENCE GLASS DOSIMETERS; SECOND LAYER; SHIELDING CAPABILITY; TUMOUR CELLS; TWO LAYERS;

ACCELERATOR SHIELDING; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLATE METAL; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING; TUMORS;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; LEAD; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DOSIMETER; ELECTRON THERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249223207     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/11/014     Document Type: Article

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