Helical tomotherapy versus single-arc intensity-modulated arc therapy: A collaborative dosimetric comparison between two institutions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 284-296

  Rong, Yi ^a,b   Tang, Grace ^c   Welsh, James S ^a,b   Mohiuddin, Majid M ^c   Paliwal, Bhudatt ^a   Yu, Cedric X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Riverview Hospital Association   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dose volume histogram; Dynamic multileaf collimator; Helical tomotherapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Single arc intensity modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY;

DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MONITOR; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MARYLAND; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79958807670     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.059     Document Type: Article

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