Voluntary breath-hold technique for reducing heart dose in left breast radiotherapy

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 89, 2014, Pages

  Bartlett, Frederick R ^a   Colgan, Ruth M ^a   Donovan, Ellen M ^a   Carr, Karen ^a   Landeg, Steven ^a   Clements, Nicola ^a   McNair, Helen A ^a   Locke, Imogen ^a   Evans, Philip M ^b   Haviland, Joanne S ^c   Yarnold, John R ^c   Kirby, Anna M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Breath hold; Cardiac dose; Heart; Issue 89; Medicine; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925191423     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51578     Document Type: Article

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