Evaluation of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with Oncentra MasterPlan® for the treatment of head and neck cancer

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Alvarez Moret, Judith ^a   Pohl, Fabian ^a   Koelbl, Oliver ^a   Dobler, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78549254207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-5-110     Document Type: Article

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