In-vitro investigation of out-of-field cell survival following the delivery of conformal, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6635-6645

  McGarry, Conor K ^a,b   Butterworth, Karl T ^b   Trainor, Colman ^b   McMahon, Stephen J ^b   O'Sullivan, Joe M ^a,b   Prise, Kevin M ^b   Hounsell, Alan R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL KILLING; CELL LINES; CELL POPULATIONS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONOGENIC ASSAYS; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; IN-FIELD; IN-VITRO; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; IRRADIATION FIELDS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SINGLE BEAM; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANS; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

BOTTLES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; COMMUNICATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867244549     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/20/6635     Document Type: Article

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