Volumetric Intensity-Modulated Arc Therapy Vs. Conventional IMRT in Head-and-Neck Cancer: A Comparative Planning and Dosimetric Study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 252-259

  Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a   Cuijpers, Johan P ^a   Hoffmans, Daan ^a   Bieker, Michael ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arc therapy; Film dosimetry; Head and neck cancer; Planning study; RapidArc

Indexed keywords

ARC THERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANS; CORONAL PLANES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FILM DOSIMETRY; FILM MEASUREMENTS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; HYPOPHARYNX; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPIES; MONITOR UNITS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RAPIDARC; SLIDING WINDOWS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ACCURACY; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 64049093906     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.033     Document Type: Article

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