PTV dose prescription strategies for SBRT of metastatic liver tumours

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 260-266

  de Pooter, Jacco A ^a   Wunderink, Wouter ^a   Méndez Romero, Alejandra ^a   Storchi, Pascal R M ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beam direction optimization; PTV dose homogeneity; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PTV RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 36348956676     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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