Assessment of different IMRT boost delivery methods on target coverage and normal-tissue sparing

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1480-1491

  Dogan, Nesrin ^a,b   King, Stephanie ^a   Emami, Bahman ^a   Mohideen, Najeeb ^a   Mirkovic, Nena ^a   Leybovich, Leonid B ^a   Sethi, Anil ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT); Sequential IMRT; Simultaneous integrated boost

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; TARGET COVERAGE;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; NECK CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD; TARGET ORGAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0344394974     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)01569-4     Document Type: Article

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