Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 170-178 , Summer 2009

An Interlaced IMRT Technique for Elongated Tumor Volumes

Presented in part at the Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine and The Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference (EPSM-ABEC) 2007, Perth, Australia.

  • Jürgen Meyer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Anne Richter, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Anne Richter, M.Sc., University of Wuerzburg, Department of Radiation Oncology, Josef Schneider Str. 11, 97080, Germany
    • ,
  • Leo Pfreundner, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Matthias Guckenberger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Krieger, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Franz Schwab, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Flentje, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Received 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 25 November 2008.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00170-2

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.11.004

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 170-178 , Summer 2009

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