The influence of different IMRT techniques on the peripheral dose : AA comparison between sMLM-IMRT and helical tomotherapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 696-702

  Wiezorek, Tilo ^a   Schwahofer, Andrea ^b   Schubert, Kai ^c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

IMRT; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Peripheral dose; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; SEGMENTED MULTILEAF MODULATION; TOMOTHERAPY;

BODY BURDEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 70349761652     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-2005-9     Document Type: Article

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