Comparative study of dose distribution between carbon ion radiotherapy and photon radiotherapy for head and neck tumor

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 415-421

  Amirul Islam, M ^a,b   Yanagi, Takeshi ^c   Mizoe, Jun Etsu ^c   Mizuno, Hideyuki ^c   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND RADIATION BIOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Comparative study; Dose distribution; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ION THERAPY; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 51349095583     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-008-0252-9     Document Type: Article

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