Comparison and Evaluation of the Effects of Rib and Lung Inhomogeneities on Lung Dose in Breast Brachytherapy using a Treatment Planning System and the MCNPX Code

Comparison and Evaluation of the Effects of Rib and Lung Inhomogeneities on Lung Dose in Breast Brachytherapy using a Treatment Planning System and the MCNPX Code

Introduction: This study investigates to what extent the computed dose received by lung tissue in a commercially available treatment planning system (TPS) for 192Ir high-dose-rate breast brachytherapy is accurate in view of tissue inhomogeneities and presence of ribs. Materials and Methods: A CT sca...

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Main Authors: Hossein Salehi Yazdi, Mojtaba Shamsaei, Hamid Reza Shabani, Ramin Jaberi, Saeed Setayeshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2010-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Physics
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Brachytherapy
High Dose Rate
Inhomogeneity
MCNPX
Treatment Planning System
Online Access:http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_7250_d033726042bbfec6c1812f2cdb332c1a.pdf

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