Standard and Nonstandard Craniospinal Radiotherapy Using Helical TomoTherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 926-931

  Parker, William ^a   Brodeur, Marylene ^a   Roberge, David ^a   Freeman, Carolyn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Craniospinal irradiation; Helical TomoTherapy; IMRT; Pediatric radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMALITY; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EPENDYMOMA; HEALTHY TISSUES; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEGAVOLTAGE; MULTIPLE TARGETS; PATIENT POSITIONING; TARGET VOLUMES; TOMOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; STANDARDS; TARGETS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGEAL METASTASIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RECURRENT CANCER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952581538     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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