Superficial dose distribution in breast for tangential radiation treatment, Monte Carlo evaluation of Eclipse algorithms in case of phantom and patient geometries

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-107

  Chakarova, Roumiana ^a   Gustafsson, Magnus ^a   Bäck, Anna ^a   Drugge, Ninni ^a   Palm, ÅSa ^a   Lindberg, Andreas ^a   Berglund, Mattias ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Monte Carlo; Tangential treatment; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ANISOTROPIC ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; ECLIPSE PENCIL BEAM CONVOLUTION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455161071     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.06.021     Document Type: Article

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