Custom step wedge blocking using dynamic multileaf collimation for parametrial pelvic boost irradiation following brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2699-2702

  Popple, Richard A ^a   Kim, Robert Y ^a   Pareek, Prem ^a   Duan, Jun ^a   Shen, Sui ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix brachytherapy; Compensators; Dynamic multileaf collimation

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPENSATORS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION; LABOR-INTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0142089163     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1604511     Document Type: Article

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