Radiation Dose From Kilovoltage Cone Beam Computed Tomography in an Image-Guided Radiotherapy Procedure

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 610-617

  Ding, George X ^a   Coffey, Charles W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT); Imaging dose to bone; Imaging dose to organs; Kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL SCANS; ADULT PATIENTS; FEMORAL HEADS; HISTOGRAM ANALYSES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY (IGRT); IMAGING DOSE TO BONE; IMAGING DOSE TO ORGANS; IMAGING GUIDANCES; INFORMATION CONCERNING; INFORMED DECISIONS; KILOVOLTAGE CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEAN DOSES; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION THERAPIES; RADIOSENSITIVE ORGANS; SOFT TISSUES; SPINAL CORDS; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EYE; FEMUR HEAD; HEART; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LUNG; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMUR HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 58149510240     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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