Effects of multileaf collimator parameters on treatment planning of intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Wu, Vincent W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dose evaluation; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse planning; Multileaf collimator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; DETERIORATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 33847071542     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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