Dosimetry evaluation of SAVI-based HDR brachytherapy for partial breast irradiation

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Manoharan, Sivasubramanian R ^a   Rodriguez, R Rodney ^a   Bobba, Vidya S ^a   Chandrashekar, Mukka ^b  

^a 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; high dose rate; SAVI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; STRUT ADJUSTED VOLUME IMPLANT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77955858287     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.62127     Document Type: Article

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