Lowering whole-body radiation doses in pediatric intensity-modulated radiotherapy through the use of unflattened photon beams

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1220-1227

  Cashmore, Jason ^a   Ramtohul, Mark ^a   Ford, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flattening filter; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Pediatric; Radiation induced malignancies; Second cancers

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; CANCER INDUCTION; FLATTENING FILTERS; IMRT DELIVERY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LEAKAGE RADIATION; PERIPHERAL DOSE; RADIATION-INDUCED; SECOND CANCERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNFLATTENED PHOTON BEAM; WHOLE-BODY;

DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; LUNG; OVARY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FILTRATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 79959356016     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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