International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 1311-1318 , 1 August 2009

American Society of Radiation Oncology Recommendations for Documenting Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatments

  • IMRT Documentation Working Group
    • ,
  • Timothy Holmes, Ph.D. (Chairman)

      Affiliations

    • St. Agnes Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Timothy Holmes, Ph.D., St. Agnes Cancer Center, 900 Caton Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21229. Tel: (410) 368-2912; Fax: (410) 951-4002
    • ,
  • Rupak Das, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • ,
  • Daniel Low, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
    • ,
  • Fang-Fang Yin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • James Balter, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Jatinder Palta, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL
    • ,
  • Patricia Eifel, M.D

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • FASTRO

Received 6 April 2009 ,Revised 13 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00606-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.04.037

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 1311-1318 , 1 August 2009

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