Comparative analysis of intensity modulation inverse planning modules of three commercial treatment planning systems applied to head and neck tumour model

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-40

  Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Bolsi, Alessandra ^a,b   Cozzi, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative treatment planning; Dynamic multileaf collimator modulation; Head and neck treatment; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Static multileaf collimator modulation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARAMETER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPINAL CORD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037249946     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00326-2     Document Type: Article

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