Radiation oncology: Overview and recent advances

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-144

  Dahele, M ^a   Senan, S ^b  

^a Radiation Oncologist   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY GATED RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955648357     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2010.209     Document Type: Article

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