Feasibility and sensitivity study of helical tomotherapy for dose painting plans

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 991-996

  Deveau, Michael A ^a   Bowen, Stephen R ^a   Westerly, David C ^b   Jeraj, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COPPER RADIOISOTOPES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIOSEMICARBAZONES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77956561400     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.500302     Document Type: Article

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