Beam intensity modulation for penumbra enhancement and field length reduction in lung cancer treatments: A dosimetric study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-188

  Dirkx, Maarten L P ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam intensity modulation; Conformal radiotherapy; Dosimetry; Lung cancer; Penumbra enhancement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LUNG CANCER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034254408     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00188-2     Document Type: Article

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