Introducing multiple treatment plan-based comparison to investigate the performance of gantry angle optimisation (GAO) in IMRT for head and neck cancer

Maria Thor, Hunor Benedek, Tommy Knöös, Per Engström, Claus F Behrens, Anna Karlsson Hauer, David Sjöström, Crister Ceberg

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of gantry angle optimisation (GAO) compared to equidistant beam geometry for two inverse treatment planning systems (TPSs) by utilising the information obtained from a range of treatment plans.
Original languageEnglish
JournalActa Oncologica
Volume51
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)743-51
Number of pages9
ISSN0284-186X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Algorithms
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Prognosis
  • Radiation Injuries
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated

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