Analysis of interfractional set-up errors and intrafractional organ motions during IMRT for head and neck tumors to define an appropriate planning target volume (PTV)- and planning organs at risk volume (PRV)-margins

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-290

  Suzuki, Minoru ^a,b   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Nakamatsu, Kiyoshi ^a   Okumura, Masahiko ^a   Hashiba, Hisayuki ^a   Koike, Ryuta ^a   Kanamori, Shuichi ^a   Shibata, Toru ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck IMRT; Organ motion; PRV margin; PTV margin; Set up error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILM; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; STANDARD; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645989447     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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