A method to improve target dose homogeneity of craniospinal irradiation using dynamic split field IMRT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-215

  Seppälä, Jan ^a   Kulmala, Jarmo ^a   Lindholm, Paula ^a   Minn, Heikki ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Craniospinal irradiation; IMRT; Split field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; SPINAL CORD; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77955715072     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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