Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy: Planning and Evaluation for Prostate Cancer Cases

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1456-1462

  Zhang, Pengpeng ^a   Happersett, Laura ^a   Hunt, Margie ^a   Jackson, Andrew ^a   Zelefsky, Michael ^a   Mageras, Gig ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate; Treatment planning; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT DESCENTS; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; DELIVERY TIME; DOSE RATE; DOSE-VOLUME; GANTRY ANGLES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LEAF POSITION; MEAN DOSE; MONITOR UNITS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; ON TIME; OPTIMAL MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PLAN EVALUATION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE TREATMENT; RECTAL WALL; STOCHASTIC SAMPLING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

CAVITY RESONATORS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; STANDARDS; TUMORS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; BLADDER WALL; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949562205     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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