Adaptive radiation therapy for compensation of errors in patient setup and treatment delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3363-3371

  Rehbinder, Henrik ^a   Forsgren, Camilla ^a   Löf, Johan ^a  

^a RaySearch Laboratories AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ADAPTATION ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE METHODS; ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; GEOMETRICAL UNCERTAINTY; ORGAN AT RISKS; PATIENT SETUP; PATIENT SETUP ERRORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES;

RANDOM ERRORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ERROR; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 11244325922     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1809768     Document Type: Article

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