Open AccessOptimization of treatment planning for hypoxic tumours and re-modulation of radiation intensity in heavy-ion radiotherapy
Author(s) -
Ladan Rezaee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-4640
pISSN - 1507-1367
DOI - 10.1016/j.rpor.2019.12.014
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , oxygen enhancement ratio , hypoxia (environmental) , linear energy transfer , radiation , radiation treatment planning , tissue hypoxia , cell , intensity modulation , monte carlo method , radiobiology , nuclear medicine , oxygen , chemistry , materials science , medicine , physics , optics , biochemistry , oxygenation , mathematics , organic chemistry , phase modulation , phase (matter) , statistics
The purpose of this study is to optimize treatment planning in carbon ion radiotherapy, taking into account the effect of tumour hypoxia.