Comparison of IPSA with dose-point optimization and manual optimization for interstitial template brachytherapy for gynecologic cancers

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-312

  Jamema, Swamidas V ^a   Sharma, Smriti ^a   Mahantshetty, Umesh ^a   Engineer, Reena ^a   Shrivastava, Shyam K ^a   Deshpande, Deepak D ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cancer; Interstitial implant; IPSA; MUPIT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE POINT OPTIMIZATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GRAPHIC OPTIMIZATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVERSE PLANNING SIMULATED ANNEALING; MARTINEZ UNIVERSAL PERINEAL INTERSTITIAL TEMPLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; URETHRA;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958846392     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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