Target localization and treatment verification for intensity modulated conformal radiation therapy of the head and neck region: The AZ-VUB experience

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Verellen, Dirk ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^b   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Patient set up; Target localization; Tomotherapy; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0031686885     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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