The effects of intra-fraction organ motion on the delivery of intensity-modulated field with a multileaf collimator

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1736-1746

  Chui, Chen Shou ^a   Yorke, Ellen ^a   Hong, Linda ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Multileaf collimator; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; ORGAN MOTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0038033835     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1578771     Document Type: Article

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