Inclusion of the dose from kilovoltage cone beam CT in the radiation therapy treatment plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 244-248

  Alaei, Parham ^a   Ding, George ^b   Guan, Huaiqun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Good Samaritan Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Kilovoltage cone beam CT; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY;

CONE-BEAM CT; DOSE CALCULATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLANNING SYSTEMS; PORTAL IMAGING; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 73649090390     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3271582     Document Type: Article

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