Modulation indices for volumetric modulated arc therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7315-7340

  Min Park, Jong ^a,b,c   Park, So Yeon ^a,b   Kim, Hyoungnyoun ^d   Ho Kim, Jin ^a,b   Carlson, Joel ^b,e   Ye, Sung Joon ^a,b,e  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Modulation indices; Multi leaf collimator; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; LITHIUM; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACCELERATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MODULATION DEGREES; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PARAMETER CONDITIONS; SPEARMAN'S RHO; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; VOLUMETRIC PARAMETERS;

MODULATION;

COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84911439539     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/23/7315     Document Type: Article

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