Evaluation of MVCT protocols for brain and head and neck tumor patients treated with helical tomotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Vaandering, Aude ^a   Lee, John Aldo ^a   Renard, Laurette ^a   Grégoire, Vincent ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Head and neck tumors; Helical tomotherapy; Patient set up verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 70349326443     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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