Clinical implementation of intensity-modulated arc therapy (IMAT) for rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 794-806

  Duthoy, Wim ^a,b   De Gersem, Werner ^a   Vergote, Koen ^a   Boterberg, Tom ^a   Derie, Cristina ^a,b   Smeets, Peter ^b   De Wagter, Carlos ^a   De Neve, Wilfried ^a  

^a Department of Radiotherapy ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated arc therapy (IMAT); Rectal cancer; Small bowel toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPY (IMAT); PLANNING STRATEGY; SMALL BOWEL (SB);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTESTINE INJURY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MICRODOSIMETRY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALGORITHMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4744350871     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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