Kilovoltage rotational external beam radiotherapy on a breast computed tomography platform: A feasibility study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 533-539

  Prionas, Nicolas D ^a   McKenney, Sarah E ^a   Stern, Robin L ^b   Boone, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computed tomography; Monte Carlo simulation; Rotational kilovoltage radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BEAM COLLIMATION; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE DEPOSITION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE-GUIDED; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATORS; MULTIPLE ROTATION; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; PATIENT IMAGES; POINT SOURCES; RING DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SKIN SPARING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHTED SUMMATIONS; WHOLE-BREAST IRRADIATION; Z-DIRECTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COPPER; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BREAST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; KILOVOLTAGE ROTATIONAL EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; ROTATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865627629     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.042     Document Type: Article

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