Evaluation of inter-fractional setup shifts for site-specific helical tomotherapy treatments

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Lin, Lan ^a,b   Shi, Chengyu ^a,b   Eng, Tony ^b,c   Swanson, Gregory ^b,c   Fuss, Martin ^d   Papanikolaou, Niko ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b San Antonio Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily setup; MVCT; Positioning; Tomotherapy; Verification

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PELVIS TUMOR; PROSTATE TUMOR; TOMOTHERAPY;

EID: 65949124899     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460900800204     Document Type: Article

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