IMRT of large fields: Whole-abdomen irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 278-289

  Hong, Linda ^a   Alektiar, Kaled ^a   Chui, Chen ^a   LoSasso, Tom ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Spirou, Spiridon ^a   Yang, Jay ^a   Amols, Howard ^a   Ling, Clifton ^a   Fuks, Zvi ^a   Leibel, Steve ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Treatment planning; Whole abdomen irradiation

Indexed keywords

BONE; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

FIELD SIZE RESTRICTIONS;

ONCOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; KIDNEY; PELVIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE ABDOMEN INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY;

ABDOMEN; BONE MARROW; HUMANS; KIDNEY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0036716879     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02921-8     Document Type: Article

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