Impact of collimator leaf width and treatment technique on stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy plans for intra- and extracranial lesions

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jackie, Q Jackie ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Kirkpatrick, John P ^a   Chang, Zheng ^a   Meyer, Jeffrey J ^a   Lu, Mei ^b   Huntzinger, Calvin ^c   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LIVER CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSURGERY; SPINE CANCER; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 60849134001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-3     Document Type: Article

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