On the performances of different IMRT treatment planning systems for selected paediatric cases

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Nicolini, Giorgia ^a   Alber, Markus ^c   Åsell, Mats ^d   Clivio, Alessandro ^a   Dobler, Barbara ^b   Larsson, Malin ^e   Lohr, Frank ^b   Lorenz, Friedlieb ^b   Muzik, Jan ^c   Polednik, Martin ^b   Vanetti, Eugenio ^a   Wolff, Dirk ^b   Wyttenbach, Rolf ^f   Cozzi, Luca ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^e RaySearch Laboratories   (Sweden)

^f Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THORAX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA, EWING'S; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 34248374725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-7     Document Type: Article

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