Intensity-modulated arc therapy: Principles, technologies and clinical implementation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Cedric X ^a   Tang, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARC ROTATION; ARC THERAPY; COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION; DOSE-RATE; END USERS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; MODULATED FIELD; MULTIPLE INTENSITIES; TOMOTHERAPY;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 79951862797     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/5/R01     Document Type: Review

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