Impact of IMRT and leaf width on stereotactic body radiotherapy of liver and lung lesions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1572-1581

  Dvorak, Pavel ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Bogner, Joachim ^a   Kroupa, Bernhard ^a   Dieckmann, Karin ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse planning; Liver; Lung; Stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSAGE; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTONS;

LUNG LESIONS; STEREOTACTIC APPLICATIONS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RT (SBRT); TREATMENT PLAN;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 16344391833     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.075     Document Type: Article

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