Paddle-based rotating-shield brachytherapy.

CONCLUSIONS: P-RSBT produces treatment plans that are dosimetrically and temporally superior to those of S-RSBT and D-RSBT, although P-RSBT systems may be more mechanically challenging to develop than S-RSBT or D-RSBT. A P-RSBT implementation with 4-6 shield paddles would be sufficient to outperform S-RSBT and D-RSBT if delivery times are constrained to less than 15 min/fx. PMID: 26429274 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26429274?dopt=Abstract

Source: Physica Medica - October 1, 2015 Category: Physics Authors: Liu Y, Flynn RT, Kim Y, Dadkhah H, Bhatia SK, Buatti JM, Xu W, Wu X Tags: Med Phys Source Type: research