Correction strategies to manage deformations in head-and-neck radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-205

  van Kranen, Simon ^a   van Beek, Suzanne ^a   Mencarelli, Angelo ^a   Rasch, Coen ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Correction strategies; Deformations; Head and neck radiotherapy; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77249095365     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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