Preliminary results on setup precision of prone-lateral patient positioning for whole breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Veldeman, Liv ^a   Speleers, Bruno ^a   Bakker, Marlies ^a   Jacobs, Filip ^a   Coghe, Marc ^a   De Gersem, Werner ^a   Impens, Aline ^a   Nechelput, Sarah ^a   De Wagter, Carlos ^a   Van Den Broecke, Rudy ^a   Villeirs, Geert ^a   De Neve, Wilfried ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Patient setup; Prone position; Prone lateral position; Whole breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

CONE-BEAM CT; PATIENT SETUP; PRONE POSITION; PRONE-LATERAL POSITION; WHOLE-BREAST IRRADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESQUAMATION; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; EDEMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; IRRADIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONE BREAST BOARD; PRONE LATERAL POSITIONING TECHNIQUE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RANDOM ERROR; SHOULDER PAIN; SIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNILATERAL BREAST HOLDER; WHOLE BREAST IRRADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLOTHING; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955923002     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1749     Document Type: Article

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