The need for rotational margins in intensity-modulated radiotherapy and a new method for planning target volume design

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1592-1603

  Langer, Mark Peter ^a,b,c   Papiez, Lech ^a   Spirydovich, Siarhei ^a   Thai, Van ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Advanced Process Combinatorics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Concavities; IMRT; Margins; Target design

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; ROTATION; TUMORS;

CONCAVITIES; IMRT; MARGINS; TARGET DESIGN;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ERROR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; ROTATION;

EID: 27744457314     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.08.021     Document Type: Article

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