Cone-beam computed tomography dose monitoring during intensity-modulated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: Parotid glands

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 412-415

  Fiorentino, A ^a   Cozzolino, M ^a   Caivano, R ^a   Pedicini, P ^a   Chiumento, C ^a   Oliviero, C ^a   Clemente, S ^a   Fusco, V ^a  

^a REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Organ at risk; Parotid glands; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84887392843     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-012-0946-4     Document Type: Article

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