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

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 (APB...

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Main Authors: Berrang Tanya, Zavgorodni Sergei, Basran Parminder S, Olivotto Ivo A, Beckham Wayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/120