Intensity- and energy-modulated electron radiotherapy by means of an xMLC for head and neck shallow tumors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1413-1427

  Salguero, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Arrns, Rafael ^b   Palma, Bianey Atriana ^a   Leal, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SITUATIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSE VERIFICATION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON TREATMENT; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; FILM MEASUREMENT; HEAD AND NECK; HEAD-AND-NECK TUMOR; ION CHAMBER; MIDDLE EARS; MIXED BEAMS; MODULATED ELECTRON RADIOTHERAPIES; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; NORMAL TISSUE; PATIENT CASE; PLANE PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBER; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROTOCOLS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; REFERENCE POINTS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ONCOLOGY; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ELECTRONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 76849105583     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/010     Document Type: Article

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