Clinical implementation of volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with ERGO++

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 280-288

  Wolff, Dirk ^a   Stieler, Florian ^a   Hermann, Brigitte ^a   Heim, Katharina ^a   Clausen, Sven ^a   Fleckenstein, Jens ^a   Polednik, Martin ^a   Steil, Volker ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; ERGO++; In vivo dosimetry; Prostate cancer; Volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

Indexed keywords

ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MALE; PHANTOM; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC INTENSITY MODULATED ARC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE;

FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77952787948     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-010-2071-z     Document Type: Article

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