Published November 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Impact of artifact effect in the planning of VMAT and helical tomotherapy plan analyses in the head and neck cases and its comparison

  • 1. HCG Cancer Centre, Ahmedabad (India)

Description

The metal implant in the planning Computerized Tomography (CT) image is unable to be avoidable. The presence of metal implant leads to artifact in the planning CT image due to its Extreme high absorption, Artifact effect leads to loss of anatomical information and inaccuracy in the dose calculation

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Medical Physics
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
suppl.1
Journal Page Range
p. 16
CODEN
JMPHFE

Conference

Title
39. annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India
Acronym
AMPICON 2018
Dates
2-4 Nov 2018
Place
Chennai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
50065506
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAT SCANNING; DOSE RATES; HEAD; NECK; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY
Descriptors DEC
BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOSES; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY