Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 56-59 , January 2009

An anthropomorphic phantom study of visualisation of surgical clips for partial breast irradiation (PBI) setup verification

  • Carys W. Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Present address: Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3NG, UK.
    • ,
  • Alan M. Nichol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Vancouver Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4E6.
    • ,
  • Julie E. Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surveillance and Outcomes Unit, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Jason F. Hui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Alison A. Giddings

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Sheri Grahame

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Karl Otto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Received 29 November 2007 ,Revised 16 March 2008 ,Accepted 16 March 2008.

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☆ Meeting Presentation: Abstract 2051, ECCO 14, Barcelona, Spain, September 23–27, 2007.

PII: S0167-8140(08)00158-8

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.011

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