Tomotherapeutic stereotactic body radiation therapy: Techniques and comparison between modalities

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 953-960

  Fuss, Martin ^a,b,c   Shi, Chengyu ^b   Papanikolaou, Niko ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 33748848363     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860600897942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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