Dosimetric advantage and clinical implication of a micro-multileaf collimator in the treatment of prostate with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Wang, Lu ^a   Hoban, Peter ^b   Paskalev, Kamen ^b   Yang, Jie ^b   Li, Jinsheng ^b   Chen, Lili ^b   Xiong, Weijun ^b   Ma, Charlie C M ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

IMRT; mMLC; Prostate cancer; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 19544378346     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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