Cone-Beam CT Assessment of Interfraction and Intrafraction Setup Error of Two Head-and-Neck Cancer Thermoplastic Masks

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 949-955

  Velec, Michael ^a   Waldron, John N ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Brian ^a,b   Bayley, Andrew ^a,b   Cummings, Bernard ^a,b   Kim, John J ^a,b   Ringash, Jolie ^a,b   Breen, Stephen L ^a,b   Lockwood, Gina A ^a   Dawson, Laura A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Head and neck cancer; Image guidance; Immobilization

Indexed keywords

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM CT; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMAGE GUIDANCES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; SETUP ERRORS; SKIN REACTION; SKIN TOXICITY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOM ERRORS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TOXICITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SPARING MASKS; SKIN TOXICITY; STANDARD THERMOPLASTIC MASKS;

ADULT; AGED; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049090276     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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