Impact of plan parameters on the dosimetric accuracy of volumetric modulated arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Masi, Laura ^a,b   Doro, Raffaela ^a,b   Favuzza, Virginia ^a,b   Cipressi, Samantha ^a,b   Livi, Lorenzo ^b  

^a Orthopaedics Unit IFCA Institute   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

planning parameters; VMAT

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SEPARATION;

ANGULAR SEPARATION; CLINICAL WORKFLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PLANNING PARAMETERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; VMAT; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY CONTROL; RECTUM CANCER; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RADIOMETRY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84880215519     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4810969     Document Type: Article

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