Treatment planning and delivery of IMRT using 6 and 18 MV photon beams without flattening filter

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1629-1637

  Stathakis, Sotirios ^a   Esquivel, Carlos ^a   Gutierrez, Alonso ^a   Buckey, Courtney R ^a   Papanikolaou, Niko ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Flattening filter free linac; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Photons; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DOSE; FIELD SIZE; FLATTENING FILTER FREE LINAC; FLATTENING FILTERS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONITOR UNITS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHOTON BEAMS; PHOTON ENERGY; RADIATION THERAPY; SCATTER FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS; UNFLATTENED PHOTON BEAM;

LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 67349108347     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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