Intensity-modulated radiotherapy by means of static tomotherapy: A planning and verification study

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 827-836

  Oldham, Mark ^a   Webb, Steve ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Film dosimetry; Intensity modulation; Radiotherapy; Tomotherapy; Verification

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; MODULATION; PHANTOMS; VERIFICATION;

COMPUTATION ALGORITHM; CONFORMAL THERAPY; FILM DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PLANNING ALGORITHMS; SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE; TOMOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030986682     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598003     Document Type: Article

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