Does IMRT increase the peripheral radiation dose? A comparison of treatment plans 2000 and 2010

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-12

  Salz, Henning ^a   Eichner, Regina ^a   Wiezorek, Tilo ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

IMRT; Peripheral dose; Step and shoot technique

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; SPINAL CORD; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858150612     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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