Evaluation of dosimetric margins in prostate IMRT treatment plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 569-575

  Gordon, J J ^a   Siebers, J V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Margins; Prostate; Radiotherapy; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IMRT; MARGINS; PATIENT SETUP ERRORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE; SETUP ERRORS;

UROLOGY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 38849142510     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2826558     Document Type: Article

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