Comparison of gamma index based on dosimetric error and clinically relevant dose–volume index based on three-dimensional dose prediction in breast intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Abstract Background Measurement-guided dose reconstruction has lately attracted significant attention because it can predict the delivered patient dose distribution. Although the treatment planning system (TPS) uses sophisticated algorithm to calculate the dose distribution, the calculation accuracy...

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Main Authors: Akari Kaneko, Iori Sumida, Hirokazu Mizuno, Fumiaki Isohashi, Osamu Suzuki, Yuji Seo, Keisuke Otani, Keisuke Tamari, Kazuhiko Ogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1233-0