Trajectory Modulated Arc Therapy: A Fully Dynamic Delivery With Synchronized Couch and Gantry Motion Significantly Improves Dosimetric Indices Correlated With Poor Cosmesis in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation.

Purpose: To develop planning and delivery capabilities for linear accelerator-based nonisocentric trajectory modulated arc therapy (TMAT) and to evaluate the benefit of TMAT for accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) with the patient in prone position.Methods and Materials: An optimization al...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics Vol. 92; no. 5; pp. 1148 - 1157
Autores principales: Liang, Jieming, Atwood, Todd, von Eyben, Rie, Fahimian, Benjamin, Chin, Erika, Horst, Kathleen, Otto, Karl, Hristov, Dimitre
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science Aug2015
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