Open AccessDosimetric analytic comparison of inverse and forward planned IMRT techniques in the treatment of head and neck cancer
Author(s) -
Ahmed Nasr,
Ahmad Habash
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2014.03.004
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation treatment planning , nuclear medicine , spinal cord , radiation therapy , head and neck cancer , head and neck , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
Our aim was to investigate if, and to what degree, improvements of IMRT treatment plans generated by forward planning can be achieved with an inverse planning strategy for treatments of head and neck cancer.