Dosimetric Comparison Between 3DCRT and IMRT Using Different Multileaf Collimators in the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Ding, Meisong ^a   Newman, Francis ^a   Chen, Changhu ^a   Stuhr, Kelly ^a   Gaspar, Laurie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

3DCRT; Brain tumor; Collimator leaf width; IMRT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58749106996     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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