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Dosimetric effects of swelling or shrinking tissue during helical tomotherapy breast irradiation. A phantom study

During radiation therapy of the female breast, the actual target volume compared to the planning target volume may change due to swelling or shrinking of the tissue. Under‐ or overdosage is to be expected, especially when performing IMRT or tomotherapy techniques. The objective of this study is to d...

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Autores principales: Klepper, Rudolf, Höfel, Sebastian, Botha, Ulrike, Köhler, Peter, Zwicker, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25207418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v15i4.4873