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Tomotherapy

Known as: Helical Tomotherapies, Tomotherapy, Helical, Helical Tomotherapy 
A type of therapy in which radiation is aimed at a tumor from many different directions. The patient lays on a table and is moved through a donut… 
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Radiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedTherapeutic radiology procedure

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2013
2013
Preoperative short-course concurrent chemoradiation therapy followed by delayed surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer: a phase 2 multicenter study (KROG 10-01).
2012
2012
Potential benefits of using cardiac gated images to reduce the dose to the left anterior descending coronary during radiotherapy of left breast and internal mammary nodes.
2010
2010
Comparison of electron IMRT to helical photon IMRT and conventional photon irradiation for treatment of breast and chest wall tumours.
Review
2009
Review
2009
RADIOSURGERY IN THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL METASTASES: TUMOR CONTROL, SURVIVAL, AND QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY
OBJECTIVEThe effectiveness and limitations of spinal radiosurgery using a helical TomoTherapy system for the treatment of spinal… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Monte Carlo evaluation of the convolution/superposition algorithm of Hi-Art tomotherapy in heterogeneous phantoms and clinical cases.
The reliability of the convolution/superposition (C/S) algorithm of the Hi-Art tomotherapy system is evaluated by using the Monte… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Helical tomotherapy superficial dose measurements.
Helical tomotherapy is a treatment technique that is delivered from a 6 MV fan beam that traces a helical path while the couch… 
2007
2007
Simultaneous Infield Boost With Helical Tomotherapy for Patients With 1 to 3 Brain Metastases
Objective:We sought to model the feasibility of a simultaneous in field boost (SIB) to individual brain metastases during a… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A motion phantom study on helical tomotherapy: the dosimetric impacts of delivery technique and motion
Helical tomotherapy (HT) can potentially be used for lung cancer treatment including stereotactic radiosurgery because of its… 
2004
2004
Dispersion and current-voltage characteristics of helical polyacetylene single fibers.
To study the transport properties of individual helical polyacetylene (PA) fibers, we developed a method to extract a single… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Normal tissue complication probabilities: dependence on choice of biological model and dose-volume histogram reduction scheme.
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