Investigation of a novel algorithm for true 4D-VMAT planning with comparison to tracked, gated and static delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2698-2707

  Chin, Erika ^a   Otto, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4D treatment planning; arc therapy; IMRT; VMAT

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ARC THERAPY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CONVENTIONAL RADIATION THERAPY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; IMRT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VMAT; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

TUMORS;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 79959537534     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3578608     Document Type: Article

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