Spot-scanning beam proton therapy vs intensity-modulated radiation therapy for ipsilateral head and neck malignancies: A treatment planning comparison

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 390-394

  Kandula, Shravan ^a   Zhu, Xiaorong ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a   Gillin, Michael ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Ang, Kie Kian ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Amin, Mayankkumar V ^a   Garcia, John A ^a   Wu, Richard ^a   Sahoo, Narayan ^a   Frank, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck malignancies; Proton therapy; Radiation therapy; Single field uniform dose optimization; Spot scanning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEAD AND NECK MALIGNANCIES; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; SINGLE FIELD UNIFORM DOSE OPTIMIZATION; SPOT SCANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84887108684     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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