Mantle fields in the era of dynamic multileaf collimation: Field shaping and electronic tissue compensation

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Davis, Quillin G ^a   Paulino, Arnold C ^a   Miller, Robin ^a   Ting, Joseph Y ^a  

^a EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose homogeneity; Hodgkin's disease; IMRT; Mantle field

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MANTLE FIELD RADIOTHERAPY; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 33746868968     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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