Dosimetric effects of rotational output variation and x-ray target degradation on helical tomotherapy plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2881-2888

  Staton, Robert J ^a   Langen, Katja M ^a   Kupelian, Patrick A ^a   Meeks, Sanford L ^a  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery error; Dose variation; Target wear; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY; X RAYS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE VARIATIONS; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; MODIFIED TREATMENTS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; TARGET DEGRADATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; BREAST; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; HEAD; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MODEL; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION BEAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 67649598753     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3134262     Document Type: Article

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