Differential dosing of prostate and seminal vesicles using dynamic multileaf collimation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1447-1456

  Klein, Eric E ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Sohn, Jason W ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DMLC; Dynamic multileaf collimation; IMRT; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONICS; FILM; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONITOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; SEMINAL VESICLE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034566038     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00793-8     Document Type: Article

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