The delivery of IMRT with a single physical modulator for multiple fields: A feasibility study for paranasal sinus cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 876-887

  O'Daniel, Jennifer C ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Kuban, Deborah A ^a   Liu, Helen ^a   Schechter, Naomi ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Rosen, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensators; Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Modulators; Treatment delivery

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

MULTIFIELD MODULATORS; PHYSICAL MODULATORS;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 1242293101     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.10.031     Document Type: Article

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