Automated selection of beam orientations and segmented intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for treatment of oesophagus tumors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-261

  Woudstra, Evert ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a   Storchi, Pascal R M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam orientation optimisation; IMRT; Inverse planning; Lung dose; Oesophagus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28944432097     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.06.028     Document Type: Article

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