Helical and Static-port Tomotherapy Using the Newly-developed Dynamic Jaws Technology for Lung Cancer

With the newly developed dynamic jaws technology, radiation dose for the cranio-caudal edges of a target can be lowered in the treatment with tomotherapy. We compared dynamic-jaw- and fixed-jaw-mode plans for lung cancer. In 35 patients, four plans using the 2.5-cm dynamic-, 2.5-cm fixed-, 5.0-cm dy...

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Main Authors: Manabe, Yoshihiko, Shibamoto, Yuta, Sugie, Chikao, Hayashi, Akihiro, Murai, Taro, Yanagi, Takeshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639908/