Dosimetric accuracy and clinical quality of Acuros XB and AAA dose calculation algorithm for stereotactic and conventional lung volumetric modulated arc therapy plans

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kroon, Petra S ^a   Hol, Sandra ^a   Essers, Marion ^a  

^a Institute Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAA; Acuros XB; Plan quality; Stage I lung cancer; Stage III lung cancer; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ACUROS XB; ANISOTROPIC ANALYTICAL ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84879244311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-149     Document Type: Article

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