Conformal radiotherapy of challenging paraspinal tumors using a multiple arc segment technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1197-1204

  Pirzkall, Andrea ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a   Rhein, Bernhard ^b   Höss, Angelika ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^b   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Beam's eye view; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Multileaf collimator; Paraspinal tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034333130     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00739-2     Document Type: Article

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