Optimized treatment planning for prostate cancer comparing IMPT, VHEET AND 15 MV IMXT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2247-2261

  Yeboah, C ^a,b,d   Sandison, G A ^b,c  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON RADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION RESPONSE;

PROTON;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037036520     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/13/305     Document Type: Article

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