High-precision radiotherapy for craniospinal irradiation: Evaluation of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy and helical TomoTherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 984, 2009, Pages 1000-1009

  Sharma, Shamurailatpam Dayananda ^a   Gupta, T ^a   Jalali, R ^a   Master, Z ^a   Phurailatpam, R D ^a   Sarin, R ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE BODY CT;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 71549140961     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13776022     Document Type: Article

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