Image guidance and positioning accuracy in clinical practice: influence of positioning errors and imaging dose on the real dose distribution for head and neck cancer treatment

BACKGROUND: Modern radiotherapy offers the possibility of highly accurate tumor treatment. To benefit from this precision at its best, regular positioning verification is necessary. By the use of image-guided radiotherapy and the application of safety margins the influence of positioning inaccuracie...

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Autores principales: Bell, Katharina, Licht, Norbert, Rübe, Christian, Dzierma, Yvonne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30285806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-018-1141-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30285806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-018-1141-8

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