Dose comparisons for conformal, IMRT and VMAT prostate plans

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-621

  Sale, Charlotte ^a   Moloney, Phillip ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

IMRT; prostate; radiotherapy; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMUR HEAD; HEALTHY TISSUE CONFORMITY INDEX; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTESTINE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

AGED; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82955229517     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02310.x     Document Type: Article

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