Effect of MLC Leaf Width and PTV Margin on the Treatment Planning of Intensity-Modulated Stereotactic Radiosurgery (IMSRS) or Radiotherapy (IMSRT)

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-116

  Chang, Jenghwa ^a   Yenice, Kamil M ^a   Jiang, Kailiu ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Narayana, Ashwatha ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulation; Leaf width; Micro multileaf collimator; PTV margin; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; MENINGIOMA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65449190186     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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