Adaptive Replanning Strategies Accounting for Shrinkage in Head and Neck IMRT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 924-932

  Wu, Qiuwen ^a,b   Chi, Yuwei ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^a   Krauss, Daniel J ^a   Yan, Di ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative dose; Head and neck cancer; Image guided radiation therapy; Margin; Replanning

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DOSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MARGIN; REPLANNING;

SHRINKAGE; TARGETS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN STEM; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70349556386     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.047     Document Type: Article

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