Treatment planning of a skin-sparing conical breast brachytherapy applicator using conventional brachytherapy software

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1519-1525

  Yang, Yun ^a   Melhus, Christopher S ^a   Sioshansi, Shirin ^a   Rivard, Mark J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AccuBoost; brachytherapy; breast boost; conical applicator; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCUBOOST; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST BOOST; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; RADIATION TRANSPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

APPLICATORS;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 79952164240     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3552921     Document Type: Article

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