Dose impact of rectal gas on prostatic IMRT and VMAT

Motoharu Sasaki,Hitoshi Ikushima,Masahide Tominaga,Takeshi Kamomae,Taro Kishi,Masataka Oita,Masafumi Harada

Dose impact of rectal gas on prostatic IMRT and VMAT

2015

Motoharu Sasaki
Hitoshi Ikushima
Masahide Tominaga
Takeshi Kamomae
Taro Kishi
Masataka Oita
Masafumi Harada

Purpose In this study, we compared the dose impact of the heterogeneity caused by rectal gas using two methods of treatment planning for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT).

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Radiology
Prostate cancer
Prostate
Radiation therapy
Radiation treatment planning
Medicine
Rectum
arc therapy
tomography x ray computed
dose distribution

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