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The optimization of superficial planning target volumes (PTVs) with helical tomotherapy

When the planning target volume (PTV), extends close to or beyond the skin, inverse‐planned intensity‐modulated radiotherapy can boost the fluence from tangential angles to superficial parts of the PTV due to the buildup effect. This can result in significant regions of high dose upon a small moveme...

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Autores principales: Ashburner, Mark J., Tudor, Samuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25493502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v15i6.4560