A comparison of techniques for simulating set-up error and uncertainty in head and neck IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3213-3219

  Ploquin, Nicolas ^a,b   Kay, Ian ^a,b   Rangel Baltazar, Alejandra ^a,b   Lau, Harold ^a,b   Dunscombe, Peter ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convolution; Equivalent uniform dose; Head and neck cancer; Set up uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; DISEASES; ERRORS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONVOLUTION APPROACH; DOSE-ESCALATION STUDY; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; HEAD AND NECK IMRT; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RANDOM UNCERTAINTIES; SET-UP UNCERTAINTY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SET UP ERROR; SIMULATION; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33748316788     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2222076     Document Type: Article

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