Published November 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Set-up accuracy in dose distribution: comparison between CT-and CBCT-based plans for oropharyngeal cancer

  • 1. Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kindai University, Higashiosaka (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Radiology, Kindai University Hospital, Higashiosaka (Japan)
  • 3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Higashiosaka (Japan)

Description

Oropharyngeal cancer patients are treated with the two-step intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in our institution. Deformable image registration (DIR) is a critical technic in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for propagating contours between planning computerized tomography (CT) images and treatment CT/cone-beam CT (CBCT) images to account for organ deformation for treatment re-planning

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Medical Physics
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
suppl.1
Journal Page Range
p. 146-147
CODEN
JMPHFE

Conference

Title
17. Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics; 38. annual conference of Association of Medical Physicists of India
Acronym
AOCMP-AMPICON 2017
Dates
4-7 Nov 2017
Place
Jaipur (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
49051763
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD
Descriptors DEC
BODY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; DOSES; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY