Treatment planning for volumetric modulated arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5128-5138

  Bedford, James L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IMAT; IMRT; Intensity modulated arc therapy; Segmental; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE CODING; ITERATIVE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

IMAT; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; SEGMENTAL; STEP-AND-SHOOT;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HEAD; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; NECK; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROSTATE; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

EID: 70350716798     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3240488     Document Type: Article

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