Comparison of intensity modulated x-ray therapy and intensity modulated proton therapy for selective subvolume boosting: A phantom study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6073-6091

  Flynn, R T ^a   Barbee, D L ^a   Mackie, T R ^a,b   Jeraj, R ^a  

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

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY; PROTONS; SCANNING; TUMORS; X RAYS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED PROTON THERAPY (IMPT); INTENSITY-MODULATED X-RAY THERAPY (IMXT); PHANTOM; PROTON THERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36048962204     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/20/001     Document Type: Article

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