Intra-fraction motion of the prostate during treatment with helical tomotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 482-486

  Thomas, Simon J ^a   Ashburner, Mark ^a   Tudor, George Samuel J ^a,b   Treeby, Jo ^a   Dean, June ^a   Routsis, Donna ^a   Rimmer, Yvonne L ^a   Russell, Simon G ^a   Burnet, Neil G ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intra fraction; Margin recipe; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VOLUME; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; ROTATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MOTION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; MALE; MOTION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84890117733     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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