Flattening filter free vs flattened beams for breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 506-513

  Spruijt, Kees H ^a   Dahele, Max ^a   Cuijpers, Johan P ^a   Jeulink, Marloes ^a   Rietveld, Derek ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST IRRADIATION; CALCULATED VALUES; CONTRALATERAL BREAST; DELIVERY TIME; DOSE RATE; FLATTENED BEAMS; FLATTENING FILTERS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; IPSILATERAL LUNGS; LOW DOSE; MEAN TARGET VOLUME; PERIPHERAL DOSE; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PLAN QUALITY; PLANNING SYSTEMS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SIMPLE CUBIC; SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATED BOOSTS; STATIC FIELDS; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT TIME;

ACIDIZATION; TISSUE;

IRRADIATION;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BREAST IRRADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC TISSUE COMPENSATOR; FLATTENED BEAM; FLATTENING FILTER FREE BEAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; SKIN SURFACE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; ORGANS AT RISK; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84872193008     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.03.040     Document Type: Article

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