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Assessment of leakage dose in vivo in patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer
Peta Lonski, Tomas Kron, Michael Taylor, Alicia Phipps, Rick Franich, Boon Chua Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology Volume 5, Pages (January 2018) DOI: /j.phro Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 1 (a) Diagram depicting measurement Points A, B, C and D on the contralateral breast (3 cm from the nipple in four cardinal directions); Point E at the contralateral mid axilla; and Point F at the suprasternal notch, and (b) diagram depicting build-up domes used for in vivo measurements, adapted from Lonski et al [30]. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 2018 5, DOI: ( /j.phro ) Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 2 (a) Doses from TPS calculations and TLD measurements as a function of distance from the field edge at out-of-field regions for eleven breast cancer patients treated with ipsilateral whole breast radiotherapy; and (b) ratios of TPS calculated dose: TLD measured dose as a function of distance from the field edge. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 2018 5, DOI: ( /j.phro ) Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 3 Comparison of the Boltzmann solver calculations with TLD measured data with and without application of a leakage dose correction factor of 0.04% of the delivered dose. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology 2018 5, DOI: ( /j.phro ) Copyright © 2018 The Authors Terms and Conditions
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