Local setup errors in image-guided radiotherapy for head and neck cancer patients immobilized with a custom-made device

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 582-589

  Giske, Kristina ^a   Stoiber, Eva M ^b   Schwarz, Michael ^a   Stoll, Armin ^a   Muenter, Marc W ^b   Timke, Carmen ^a,b   Roeder, Falk ^a,b   Debus, Juergen ^b   Huber, Peter E ^a,b   Thieke, Christian ^a,b   Bendl, Rolf ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HEILBRONN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Image guided radiotherapy; Radiotherapy; Registration; Setup uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; BOUNDING BOX; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; FIXATION DEVICE; FIXATION METHODS; FRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; GLOBAL POSITIONING; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS; LOCAL POSITIONING; LOCAL REGISTRATION; OPTIMAL CORRECTION; PATIENT ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; REGISTRATION; RIGID REGISTRATION; ROTATIONAL ERRORS; SETUP ERRORS; SETUP UNCERTAINTIES; TARGET VOLUMES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; RATING;

ERROR COMPENSATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 79955633367     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1980     Document Type: Article

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