Superficial doses in breast cancer radiotherapy using conventional and IMRT techniques: A film-based phantom study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Almberg, Sigrun Saur ^a,b   Lindmo, Tore ^a   Frengen, Jomar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; Film dosimetry; Superficial dose

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKIN;

EID: 80052292787     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.05.021     Document Type: Article

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