Clinical implementation of intensity-modulated arc therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 453-463

  Yu, Cedric X ^a   Li, X Allen ^a   Ma, Lijun ^a   Chen, Dongjun ^a   Naqvi, Shahid ^a   Shepard, David ^a   Sarfaraz, Mehrdad ^a   Holmes, Timothy W ^a   Suntharalingam, Mohan ^a   Mansfield, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc therapy; Dynamic radiation therapy; Intensity modulation; Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSAGE; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLANNING;

CLINICAL IMPLEMENTATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FILM DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0036603788     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02777-3     Document Type: Article

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