Dosimetric study using different leaf-width MLCs for treatment planning of dynamic conformal arcs and intensity-modulated radiosurgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 405-411

  Jin, Jian Yue ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Ryu, Samuel ^a   Ajlouni, Munther ^a   Jae, Ho Kim ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DYNAMIC CONFORMAL ARC; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOSURGERY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD INJURY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOSURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL IRRADIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14644434363     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1842911     Document Type: Article

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