3D in vivo dose verification of entire hypo-fractionated IMRT treatments using an EPID and cone-beam CT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  McDermott, Leah N ^a   Wendling, Markus ^a   Nijkamp, Jasper ^a   Mans, Anton ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D verification; Cone beam CT; EPID dosimetry; In vivo dosimetry; Rectum TME

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38149111288     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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