Respiration gated radiotherapy treatment: A technical study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-91

  Kubo, Hideo D ^a   Hill, Bruce C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030047783     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/1/007     Document Type: Article

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