Sparing of the hippocampus and limbic circuit during whole brain radiation therapy: A dosimetric study using helical tomotherapy

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Marsh, J C ^a   Gielda, B T ^a   Herskovic, A M ^a   Wendt, J A ^b   Turian, J V ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Silver Cross Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; limbic; prophylactic cranial irradiation; whole brain radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKULL IRRADIATION; TOMOTHERAPY;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 77955827710     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2010.02184.x     Document Type: Article

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