A feasibility study on the use of tomotherapy megavoltage computed tomography images for palliative patient treatment planning
Dedicated rapid access palliative radiation therapy improves patients' access to care, allowing more timely treatment which would positively impact on quality of life. The TomoTherapy (Accuray, Sunnyvale, CA) system provides megavoltage (MV) fan-beam computed tomography (FBCT) as the image guid...
Main Authors: | Yunfei Hu, Mikel Byrne, Ben Archibald-Heeren, Matthew Squires, Amy Teh, Kylie Seiffert, Sonja Cheers, Yang Wang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Physics |
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Online Access: | http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2017;volume=42;issue=3;spage=163;epage=170;aulast=Hu |
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