Major reduction of monitor units with the avoidance of leaf-sequencing step by direct aperture based IMRT optimisation

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-430

  Seppl, Jan ^a   Lahtinen, Tapani ^b,c   Kolmonen, Pekka ^c  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METASTASIS; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; SECOND CANCER;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 65349093431     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802372264     Document Type: Article

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