Dosimetric assessment of the field abutment region in head and neck treatments using a multileaf collimator

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 312-319

  Abdel Hakim, Khaled ^a   Nishimura, Tetsuo ^a   Takaih, Michikatsu ^a   Suzuki, Shuji ^a   Sakahara, Harumi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Field matching; Multileaf collimators

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; JAW MALFORMATION; MEASUREMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JAW; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038813951     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-003-1024-1     Document Type: Article

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