The impact of the grid size on tomotherapy for prostate cancer

Discretization errors due to the digitization of computed tomography images and the calculation grid are a significant issue in radiation therapy. Such errors have been quantitatively reported for a fixed multifield intensity-modulated radiation therapy using traditional linear accelerators. The aim...

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Main Authors: Motohiro Kawashima, Hidemasa Kawamura, Masahiro Onishi, Yosuke Takakusagi, Noriyuki Okonogi, Atsushi Okazaki, Tetsuo Sekihara, Yoshitaka Ando, Takashi Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2017;volume=42;issue=3;spage=144;epage=150;aulast=Kawashima