Comparison between a conventional treatment energy and 50 MV photons for the treatment of lung tumours

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 889-897

  Blomquist, Michael ^a   Li, Jinsheng ^b   Ma, Chang Ming ^c   Zackrisson, Björn ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Fox Chase Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

LUNG TUMORS;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0037149521     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/6/303     Document Type: Article

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