Online adaptive radiotherapy of the bladder: Small bowel irradiated-volume reduction

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 892-897

  Burridge, Nichola ^a   Amer, Ali ^a   Marchant, Tom ^a   Sykes, Jonathan ^b   Stratford, Julie ^a   Henry, Ann ^b   McBain, Catherine ^a   Price, Pat ^a   Moore, Chris ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Bladder cancer; Cone beam CT; Image guided radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; BLADDER CANCER; CONE BEAM CT; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES (PTV);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; SMALL INTESTINE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MOVEMENT; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33748930967     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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