VMAT and step-and-shoot IMRT in head and neck cancer: A comparative plan analysis

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 820-825

  Wiehle, Rolf ^a   Knippen, Stefan ^a   Grosu, Anca Ligia ^a   Bruggmoser, Gregor ^a   Hodapp, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformity index; Head and neck cancer; IMAT; IMRT; Normal tissue sparing; RapidArc; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

EID: 84856185842     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-2267-x     Document Type: Article

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