Use of a quantitative index of beam modulation to characterize dose conformality: Illustration by a comparison of full beamlet IMRT, few-segment IMRT (fsIMRT) and conformal unmodulated radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2051-2062

  Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0043175180     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/14/301     Document Type: Article

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