Combined modulated electron and photon beams planned by a Monte-Carlo-based optimization procedure for accelerated partial breast irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1191-1202

  Palma, Bianey Atriana ^a   Sánchez, Ana Ureba ^a   Salguero, Francisco Javier ^b   Arráns, Rafael ^c   Sánchez, Carlos Míguez ^c   Zurita, Amadeo Walls ^c   Hermida, María Isabel Romero ^a   Leal, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IPSILATERAL LUNGS; LOW DOSE; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; NORMAL TISSUE; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PHOTON BEAMS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; WHOLE BODY;

IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TISSUE;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84857557783     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1191     Document Type: Article

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