Dose distribution changes with shielding disc misalignments and wrong orientations in breast IOERT: A Monte Carlo-GEANT4 and experimental study

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 74-92

  Russo, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Casarino, Carlo ^c   Arnetta, Gaetano ^c   Candiano, Giuliana ^c   Stefano, Alessandro ^c   Alongi, Filippo ^a,e   Borasi, Giovanni ^c,d   Messa, Cristina ^a,c,d,f   Gilardi, Maria C ^a,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G Giglio   (Italy)

^c H San Raffaele G Giglio   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast intraoperative radiotherapy; Dose distribution; Monte Carlo Geant4 simulation; Shielding disc misalignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867035006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i5.3817     Document Type: Article

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