Reirradiation of spinal column metastases: Comparison of several treatment techniques and dosimetric validation for the use of VMAT

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 406-415

  Stieler, Florian ^a   Wolff, Dirk ^a   Bauer, Linda ^a   Wertz, Hans Jörg ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiation therapy; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Spinal column metastases; Volumetric intensity modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFORMITY INDEX; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DOSE VOLUME HISTOGRAM PARAMETER; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOMOGENEITY INDEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONITOR UNIT; PLANNED TARGET VOLUME; POSTERIOR STATIC FIELD TECHNIQUE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RETREATMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINE METASTASIS; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TWO FIELD WEDGE TECHNIQUE; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETREATMENT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052080988     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-2198-6     Document Type: Article

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