A dynamic compensation strategy to correct patient-positioning errors in conformal prostate radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1879-1887

  Lauve, A D ^a   Siebers, J V ^a   Crimaldi, A J ^a   Hagan, M P ^a   Keall, P J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic compensation strategy; Patient positioning errors; Prostate

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DYNAMIC COMPENSATION; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; ISOTROPIC DISPLACEMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY;

ERRORS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAM; DYNAMICS; ERROR; FEMUR HEAD; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 33744828743     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2198967     Document Type: Article

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