Does help structures play a role in reducing the variation of dwell time in IPSA planning for gynaecological brachytherapy application?

Does help structures play a role in reducing the variation of dwell time in IPSA planning for gynaecological brachytherapy application?

Purpose: To report our experience of dosimetric comparison of IPSA and manual plans, with a focus on the use ofhelp structures (HS) during optimization. Material and methods: 33 patients who underwent MR image-based HDR intracavitary-brachytherapy for cervixcancer based on GYN-ESTRO recommendations...

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Main Authors: Swamidas Jamema, Umesh Mahantshetty, DD Deshpande, Smriti Sharma, SK Shrivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
Subjects:
image based brachytherapy
inverse planning
IPSA
Online Access:http://www.termedia.pl/Physics-Contributions-Does-help-structures-play-a-role-in-reducing-the-variation-of-dwell-time-in-IPSA-planning-for-gynaecological-brachytherapy-application-,54,17414,1,1.html

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