Some considerations concerning volume-modulated arc therapy: A stepping stone towards a general theory

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4345-4360

  Webb, S ^a   McQuaid, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE EXPRESSIONS; ARC THERAPY; COPLANARITY; DEEP LEVEL; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; FLUENCES; FREE PARAMETERS; GENERAL THEORY; IMRT DELIVERY; LIMITING CASE; LINEAR THEORY; MOVING PLATFORM; STEPPING STONE; UNIVERSAL THEORY;

DOSIMETRY; PACKET NETWORKS; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CYBERKNIFE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PHYSICS; TOMOTHERAPY; VOLUME MODULATED ARC THERAPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 70349580089     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/14/001     Document Type: Article

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