Linac-based on-board imaging feasibility and the dosimetric consequences of head roll in head-and-neck IMRT plans

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Kim, Gwe Ya ^a   Pawlicki, Todd ^b   Le, Quynh Thu ^a   Luxton, Gary ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CBCT; Head and Neck; IMRT; Volumetric localization

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38849209072     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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