Palliative intensity modulated radiotherapy of bone metastases based on diagnostic instead of planning computed tomography scans
Background and purpose: Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning is as a standard based on a computed tomography (CT) scan obtained at the planning stage (pCT), while most of the decisions whether to treat by RT are based on diagnostic CT scans (dCT). Bone metastases (BM) are the most common palliative...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-07-01
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Series: | Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405631623000477 |