Measurement of the interplay effect in lung IMRT treatment using EDR2 films

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 33-42

  Berbeco, Ross I ^a,b   Pope, Cynthia J ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Interplay effect; Lung treatment; Organ motion; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOMETRY; X RAY FILM;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 34047264467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v7i4.2222     Document Type: Article

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