Evaluation of image-guidance protocols in the treatment of head and neck cancers

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 670-677

  Zeidan, Omar A ^a   Langen, Katja M ^a   Meeks, Sanford L ^a   Manon, Rafael R ^a   Wagner, Thomas H ^a   Willoughby, Twyla R ^a   Jenkins, D Wayne ^a   Kupelian, Patrick A ^a  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment protocols; Head and neck cancers; Image guidance; Megavoltage CT; TomoTherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALIGNMENT PROTOCOLS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCERS; IMAGE GUIDANCE; MEGAVOLTAGE CT; TOMOTHERAPY;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33846842265     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.09.040     Document Type: Article

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