Dosimetric evaluation of parallel opposed spatially fractionated radiation therapy of deep-seated bulky tumors

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 599-603

  Meigooni, Ali S ^a   Gnaster, Michael ^a   Dou, Kai ^a   Johnson, Ellis L ^a   Meigooni, Navid J ^a   Kudrimoti, Mahesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; GRID radiation; Parallel opposed; SFR

Indexed keywords

TUMORS;

DEEP-SEATED TUMORS; FRACTIONATED RADIATION; PARALLEL OPPOSED; RADIATION DELIVERY; RADIATION FIELD; SINGLE BEAM; SINGLE FRACTIONS; SPATIAL MODULATIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33846612703     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2431423     Document Type: Article

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