Application of a new verification technique allowing craniospinal irradiation in supine position

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-217

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Baumann, Rolf ^a   Bremer, Michael ^a   Leuwer, Martin ^a   Karstens, Johann Hinrich ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Craniospinal irradiation; New verification technique; Supine position

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DYSGERMINOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SKIN; SPINE; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0035252097     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00261-9     Document Type: Article

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