Potential benefits of eliminating planning target volume expansions for patient breathing in the treatment of liver tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 613-617

  Ten Haken, Randall K ^a,b   Balter, James M ^a   Marsh, Lon H ^a   Robertson, John M ^a   Lawrence, Theodore S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing motion; Gated irradiation; Liver; Normal tissue complications; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030871449     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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