Clinical validation and benchmarking of knowledge-based IMRT and VMAT treatment planning in pelvic anatomy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 473-479

  Hussein, Mohammad ^a   South, Christopher P ^a   Barry, Miriam A ^a   Adams, Elizabeth J ^a   Jordan, Tom J ^a   Stewart, Alexandra J ^a   Nisbet, Andrew ^a,b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; IMRT; Knowledge based treatment planning; Prostate cancer; RapidPlan; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BENCHMARKING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VMAT RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PELVIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84978877723     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.06.022     Document Type: Article

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