Megavoltage 2D topographic imaging: An attractive alternative to megavoltage CT for the localization of breast cancer patients treated with TomoDirect.

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Date publication

juillet 2017

Journal

Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr NOBLET Vincent

Tous les auteurs :
Meyer P, Le Pennec F, Hui SK, Dehaynin N, Jarnet D, Gantier M, Niederst C, Mazzara C, Baudrier E, Noblet V

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28711186

Résumé

To show the usefulness of topographic 2D megavoltage images (MV2D) for the localization of breast cancer patients treated with TomoDirect (TD), a radiotherapy treatment technique with fixed-angle beams performed on a TomoTherapy system.