Dosimetric assessment of static and helical TomoTherapy in the clinical implementation of breast cancer treatments

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Reynders, Truus ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   De Coninck, Peter ^a   Heymann, Steve ^b   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^a   Van Parijs, Hilde ^a   Duchateau, Michaël ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^a   Gevaert, Thierry ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE PAUL STRAUSS   (France)

Author keywords

Breast; Dose verification; TomoDirect; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOTHERAPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349449495     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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