Surface and superficial dose dosimetric verification for postmastectomy radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Shiau, An Cheng ^a,b,c   Chiu, Min Chi ^d   Chen, Tung Ho ^d   Chiou, Jeng Fong ^d   Shueng, Pei Wei ^b,e   Chen, Shang Wen ^f   Chen, Wei Li ^a   Kuan, Wei Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dose in the buildup region; EBT film dosimetry; Mastectomy; Radiotherapy; Superficial dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MASTECTOMY; PHANTOM; POSTMASTECTOMY RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOCHROMIC EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN SURFACE; THICKNESS; THORAX WALL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868193654     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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