Open AccessEvaluation of optimal combination of planning parameters (Field width, pitch, and modulation factor) in helical tomotherapy for bilateral breast cancer
Author(s) -
C A Muthuselvi,
T.K. Bijina,
A. Pichandi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/jmp.jmp_31_20
Subject(s) - tomotherapy , nuclear medicine , radiation treatment planning , medicine , breast cancer , radiation therapy , mathematics , cancer , surgery
The aim of the study was to find the most balanced plan with an optimal combination of planning parameters in helical tomotherapy (HT) for bilateral breast irradiation by evaluating dosimetric indices and time factors. In particular, we investigated the best combination of field width (FW), pitch, and modulation factor (MF).