Dose Recalculation and the Dose-Guided Radiation Therapy (DGRT) Process Using Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 583-592

  Cheung, Joey ^a   Aubry, Jean François ^a,b   Yom, Sue S ^a   Gottschalk, Alexander R ^a   Celi, Juan Carlos ^c,d   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d IBA Dosimetry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Dose guided radiation therapy; Image guided radiation therapy; Megavoltage cone beam CT; Treatment replanning

Indexed keywords

DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE CONE-BEAM CT; TREATMENT REPLANNING;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPINAL CORD; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 65449174791     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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