Dose verification of intensity-modulated arc therapy using an ERGO++ treatment planning system and Elekta internal multileaf collimators for prostate cancer treatment

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 976, 2009, Pages 328-331

  Yoda, K ^a,b   Nakagawa, K ^a   Shiraishi, K ^a   Okano, Y ^a   Ohtomo, K ^a   Pellegrini, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Elekta   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; ROTATION;

EID: 65349134265     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13535955     Document Type: Article

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