Dosimetric comparison using different multileaf collimeters in intensity-modulated radiotherapy for upper thoracic esophageal cancer

Purpose To study the impacts of multileaf collimators (MLC) width [standard MLC width of 10 mm (sMLC) and micro-MLC width of 4 mm (mMLC)] in the intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) planning for the upper thoracic esophageal cancer (UTEC). Methods and materials 10 patients with UTEC were retrospe...
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Autor*in:

Gong, Youling [verfasserIn]

Wang, Shichao

Zhou, Lin

Liu, Yongmei

Xu, Yong

Lu, You

Bai, Sen

Fu, Yuchuan

Xu, Qingfeng

Jiang, Qingfeng

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2010

Schlagwörter:

Planning Target Volume

Clinical Target Volume

Gross Tumor Volume

Leaf Width

Conformity Index

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© Gong et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: Radiation oncology - London : BioMed Central, 2006, 5(2010), 1 vom: 15. Juli

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:5 ; year:2010 ; number:1 ; day:15 ; month:07

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1748-717X-5-65

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SPR029582121

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