Lens dose in MLC-based IMRT treatments of the head and neck

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Pawlicki, Todd ^a,c   Luxton, Gary ^a   Le, Quynh Thu ^a   Findley, David ^a   Ma, C M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Lens dose; TLD

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; LENSES; PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TUMORS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); RANDO PHANTOMS;

ONCOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LENS; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CALIBRATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 16544362431     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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