Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 994-1003

  Lim Reinders, Stephanie ^a   Keller, Brian M ^a,b   Al Ward, Shahad ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a,b   Kim, Anthony ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CURRICULA; DEFORMATION; DISEASE CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; DOSE CALCULATION; GEOMETRIC DEFORMATIONS; ON-LINE ADAPTATION; PATIENT'S ANATOMY; STATE OF THE ART;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; STANDARDS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WORKFLOW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 85029212126     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.04.023     Document Type: Review

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