Single Arc Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy of head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-148

  Bertelsen, Anders ^a,b   Hansen, Christian R ^b   Johansen, Jørgen ^a   Brink, Carsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Head and neck; SmartArc; Step and shoot intensity modulated radiotherapy; VMAT; Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77956635815     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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