Dosimetric Comparison of Helical Tomotherapy and Linac-IMRT Treatment Plans for Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-268

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Penagaricano, Jose ^a   Moros, Eduardo G ^a   Corry, Peter M ^a   Yan, Yulong ^a   Ratanatharathorn, Vaneerat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose coverage; Dose homogeneity; Dosimetry; Helical Tomotherapy; IMRT; Normal tissue dose tolerance; OAR; PTV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78049461403     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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