Intensity modulation with photons for benign intracranial tumours: A planning comparison of volumetric single arc, helical arc and fixed gantry techniques

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-262

  Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Clivio, Alessandro ^a   Nicolini, Giorgia ^a   Vanetti, Eugenio ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^a,b  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Helical Tomotherapy; RapidArc; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MENINGIOMA; NEURINOMA; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAPIDARC; RISK FACTOR; TOMOTHERAPY;

ADENOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 56949103007     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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