An algorithm for shifting MLC shapes to adjust for daily prostate movement during concurrent treatment with pelvic lymph nodes

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4750-4756

  Ludlum, Erica ^a   Mu, Guangwei ^a   Weinberg, Vivian ^a   Roach III, Mack ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a   Xia, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; IMRT; Leaf tracking algorithm; Prostate

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; TRACKING (POSITION);

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMRT; PROSTATE; TRACKING ALGORITHM;

UROLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 36649011964     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2804579     Document Type: Conference Paper

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