Preclinical assessment of volumetric modulated arc therapy for total marrow irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 628-636

  Fogliata, Antonella ^a   Cozzi, Luca ^a   Clivio, Alessandro ^a   Ibatici, Adalberto ^b   Mancosu, Pietro ^b   Navarria, Piera ^b   Nicolini, Giorgia ^a   Santoro, Armando ^b   Vanetti, Eugenio ^a   Scorsetti, Marta ^b  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; RapidArc; Total marrow irradiation; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; AVERAGE DIAMETER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA SETS; DELIVERY TIME; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PRESCRIPTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MEAN DOSE; NORMAL TISSUE; ORAL CAVITY; ORGANS AT RISKS; PHOTON BEAMS; PLANNING OBJECTIVES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; PRE-TREATMENT; RAPIDARC; TOTAL LENGTH; TOTAL-MARROW IRRADIATION; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; ORGANS AT RISK; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON; TOTAL MARROW IRRADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE MARROW; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 79955593890     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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