Clinical Applications of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 608-616

  Matuszak, Martha M ^a   Yan, Di ^a   Grills, Inga ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

IMAT; VMAT; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFORMALITY; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; ISOCENTERS; MONITOR UNITS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PATIENT POPULATION; PEDIATRIC CANCER; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; QUALITY AND DELIVERY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET COVERAGE; TIME-TO-DELIVER; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT SITES; TREATMENT TIME; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINE METASTASIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY;

ADULT; BONE MARROW; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951862144     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.032     Document Type: Article

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