The management of imaging dose during image-guided radiotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 75

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4041-4063

  Murphy, Martin J ^a   Balter, James ^b   Balter, Stephen ^c   Bencomo, Jose A ^d   Das, Indra J ^e   Jiang, Steve B ^f   Ma, C M ^g   Olivera, Gustavo H ^h   Rodebaugh, Raymond F ⁱ   Ruchala, Kenneth J ^j   Shirato, Hiroki ^k   Yin, Fang Fang ^l  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^k HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; SURGERY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTERNAL BEAM; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING DOSE; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TARGET LOCALIZATION; TASK GROUPS; THERAPEUTIC DOSE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUOROSCOPY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 34748915143     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2775667     Document Type: Review

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