Investigation of optimal beam margins for stereotactic radiotherapy of lung-cancer using Monte Carlo dose calculations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3549-3561

  Jin, L ^a   Wang, L ^a   Li, J ^a   Luo, W ^a   Feigenberg, S J ^a   Ma, C M ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

BEAM ANGLES; OPTIMAL BEAM MARGINS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY (SBRT);

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET VARIABLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34249653027     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/12/014     Document Type: Article

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