Impact of beam configuration on VMAT plan quality for Pinnacle3Auto-Planning for head and neck cases

Impact of beam configuration on VMAT plan quality for Pinnacle3Auto-Planning for head and neck cases

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to compare automatically generated VMAT plans to find the superior beam configurations for Pinnacle3 Auto-Planning and share “best practices”. Methods VMAT plans for 20 patients with head and neck cancer were generated using Pinnacle3 Auto-Planning M...

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Main Authors: Anne Richter, Florian Exner, Klaus Bratengeier, Bülent Polat, Michael Flentje, Stefan Weick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Auto-planning
VMAT
Single arc
Double arc
Full arc
Partial arc
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1211-6

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1211-6

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