Analysis of the effects of the delivery technique on an IMRT plan: Comparison for multiple static field, dynamic and NOMOS MIMiC collimation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3073-3087

  Seco, J ^a   Evans, P M ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAPHRAGMS; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM MODIFYING TECHNIQUES;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035739939     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/12/301     Document Type: Article

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