Comparison of 2D conventional, 3D conformal, and intensity-modulated treatment planning techniques for patients with prostate cancer with regard to target-dose homogeneity and dose to critical, uninvolved structures

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 255-263

  Oh, Christine E ^a   Antes, Kyle ^a   Darby, Michael ^a   Song, Sherry ^a   Starkschall, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Dose homogeneity; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032803101     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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