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The impact of dose calculation algorithms on partial and whole breast radiation treatment plans

BACKGROUND: This paper compares the calculated dose to target and normal tissues when using pencil beam (PBC), superposition/convolution (AAA) and Monte Carlo (MC) algorithms for whole breast (WBI) and accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) treatment plans. METHODS: Plans for 10 patients who...

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Autores principales: Basran, Parminder S, Zavgorodni, Sergei, Berrang, Tanya, Olivotto, Ivo A, Beckham, Wayne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21162739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-120