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Volumetric modulated arc therapy planning for distal oesophageal malignancies
- Source :
- The British journal of radiology. 85(1009)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVES: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel form of intensity-modulated radiation therapy that allows the radiation dose to be delivered in a single gantry rotation using conformal or modulated fields. The capability of VMAT to reduce heart and cord dose, while maintaining lung receiving 20 Gy
- Subjects :
- Full Paper
Esophageal Neoplasms
business.industry
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
medicine.medical_treatment
Radiation dose
Planning target volume
Heart
Radiotherapy Dosage
General Medicine
Spinal cord
Volumetric modulated arc therapy
Radiation therapy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Spinal Cord
Maximum dose
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
Nuclear medicine
business
Retrospective Studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1748880X and 00071285
- Volume :
- 85
- Issue :
- 1009
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The British journal of radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....673e19645fe20739aed51b39476d442a