Comparative planning of flattening-filter-free and flat beam IMRT for hypopharynx cancer as a function of beam and segment number.

Although highly conformal dose distributions can be achieved by IMRT planning, this often requires a large number of segments or beams, resulting in increased treatment times. While flattening-filter-free beams offer a higher dose rate, even more segments may be required to create homogeneous target...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Dzierma, Frank G Nuesken, Jochen Fleckenstein, Patrick Melchior, Norbert P Licht, Christian Rübe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3983129?pdf=render