The sensitivity of dose distributions for organ motion and set-up uncertainties in prostate IMRT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-26

  Bos, Luc J ^a   Van Der Geer, Joris ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IMRT; Organ motion; Prostate; Set up; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 23244444205     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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