Anatomy changes in radiotherapy detected using portal imaging

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-217

  McDermott, Leah N ^a   Wendling, Markus ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy changes; EPID; Portal imaging

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARIANCE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NECK; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33744966857     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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