Treatment planning considerations in contrast-enhanced radiotherapy: Energy and beam aperture optimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-355

  Garnica Garza, H M ^a  

^a Centro de Investigatión y de Estudios Avanzados   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE DISTRIBUTION; BONY STRUCTURES; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED RADIOTHERAPIES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PRESCRIPTION; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ENERGY SPECTRA; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PENELOPE; PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL WALL; TREATMENT MODALITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY ENERGIES; X-RAY SOURCES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROSCOPY; TUMORS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 79551658136     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/2/004     Document Type: Article

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