Kilovoltage CT using a linac-CT scanner combination

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages

  Thieke, C ^a   Malsch, U ^b   Schlegel, W ^b   Debus, J ^a   Huber, P ^a   Bendl, R ^b   Thilmann, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748940252     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/88849490     Document Type: Article

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