Clinical implementation of intensity-modulated tangential beam irradiation for breast cancer

• Published in: Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 31; no. 5; p. 1023
• Main Authors: Li, J S, Freedman, G M, Price, R, Wang, L, Anderson, P, Chen, L, Xiong, W, Yang, J, Pollack, A, Ma, C M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2004
• Subjects: Algorithms; Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Female; Humans; Quality Assurance, Health Care - methods; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiometry - methods; Radiotherapy Dosage; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods; Radiotherapy, Conformal - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity

A Monte Carlo based intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning system has been developed and used for breast treatment. An iterative method was used for optimization to generate IMRT plans and a step-and-shoot technique was used for beam delivery. The patient setup and incident...