IMRT head and neck treatment planning with a commercially available Monte Carlo based planning system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 879-890

  Boudreau, C ^a   Heath, E ^a   Seuntjens, J ^a   Ballivy, O ^b   Parker, W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TISSUE;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME (CTV); FINITE SIZE PENCIL BEAM (FSPB) ALGORITHMS; GROSS TUMOR VOLUME (GTV); INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; BRAIN STEM; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MANDIBLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 16444387345     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/5/012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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