Rapid delivery of stereotactic radiotherapy for peripheral lung tumors using volumetric intensity-modulated arcs

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-124

  Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a   Cuijpers, Johan P ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

RapidArc; SBRT; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TUMOR; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; REACTION TIME; RISK REDUCTION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC INTENSITY MODULATED ARC;

COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349337606     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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