Helical tomotherapy for single and multiple liver tumours
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Helical tomotherapy for single and multiple liver tumours
PURPOSE Dosimetric evaluations of single and multiple liver tumours performed using intensity-modulated helical tomotherapy (HT) were quantitatively investigated. Step-and-shoot intensity-modulated radiotherapy (SaS-IMRT) was used as a benchmark. METHODS Sixteen patients separated into two groups with primary hepatocellular carcinomas or metastatic liver tumours previously treated using SaS-I...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Oncology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-5-58