Open AccessDosimetric impact of different multileaf collimators on cardiac and left anterior descending coronary artery dose reduction
Author(s) -
Mohsen Saeb,
Leili Mahani,
Arezoo Kazemzadeh,
Mahsa Kianinia,
Ali Akhavan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_668_21
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , left breast , radiation therapy , artery , radiation treatment planning , radiology , breast cancer , cardiology , cancer
Radiotherapy (RT) may increase the dose of heart structure like left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the impact of various multileaf collimators (MLCs) in shielding organ at risks (OARs), especially LAD, of patients with left breast cancer.