Image-guided radiotherapy using megavoltage cone-beam computed tomography for treatment of paraspinous tumors in the presence of orthopedic hardware

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-326

  Hansen, Eric K ^a   Larson, David A ^a   Aubin, Michele ^a   Chen, Josephine ^a   Descovich, Martina ^a   Gillis, Amy M ^a   Morin, Olivier ^a   Xia, Ping ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Megavoltage cone beam computed tomography; Metastatic spine tumor; Primary spine tumor

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; TUMORS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; METASTATIC SPINE TUMOR; PRIMARY SPINE TUMOR;

RADIOTHERAPY;

METAL;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; METASTASIS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748335530     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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