A closer look at RapidArc® radiosurgery plans using very small fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1853-1863

  Fog, Lotte S ^a   Rasmussen, Jens F B ^a   Aznar, Marianne ^a   Kjær Kristoffersen, Flemming ^a   Vogelius, Ivan R ^a   Engelholm, Svend Aage ^a   Bangsgaard, Jens Peter ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR SYSTEMS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE PROFILE; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; GRID SIZE; GRID-SPACINGS; LARGER FIELDS; QA SYSTEM; RADIOSURGERY; SMALL TARGETS; STATIC FIELDS; SUBFIELDS; TREATMENT SITES; TUMOURS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79952904528     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/6/020     Document Type: Article

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