Tomotherapy and Other Innovative IMRT Delivery Systems

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 199-208

  Fenwick, John D ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^b   Soisson, Emilie T ^b   Mehta, Minesh P ^b   Rock Mackie, T ^b,c  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberknife; dose distribution; IMRT; jaws only IMRT; tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STOMACH CANCER; TOMOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33748918578     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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