Motion mitigation in intensity modulated particle therapy by internal target volumes covering range changes

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6004-6013

  Graeff, Christian ^a   Durante, Marco ^a   Bert, Christoph ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

intensity modulation; ITV; organ motion; particle therapy; radiotherapy planning; water equivalent path length

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PHOTONS;

INTENSITY MODULATIONS; ORGAN MOTION; PARTICLE THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; WATER EQUIVALENT;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84867307246     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4749964     Document Type: Article

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