On the impact of dose rate variation upon RapidArc® implementation of volumetric modulated arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 264-271

  Nicolini, Giorgia ^a   Clivio, Alessandro ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^a,b   Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Vanetti, Eugenio ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b Varian Medical Systems AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dose rate variation; RapidArc; volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TURING MACHINES;

COMPENSATION MECHANISM; DOSE RATE; MODULATION PATTERNS; OPTIMIZATION ENGINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RAPIDARC; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

MODULATION;

EID: 78650877958     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3528214     Document Type: Article

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