Lung cancer: Intermittent irradiation synchronized with respiratory motion - Results of a pilot study

Radiology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 779-783

  Tada, Takuhito ^a   Minakuchi, Kazuo ^a   Fujioka, Tomio ^a   Sakurai, Makoto ^a   Koda, Mayuko ^a   Kawase, Ichiro ^a   Nakajima, Toshifumi ^b   Nishioka, Masayuki ^c   Tonai, Takenori ^d   Kozuka, Takahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Osaka City University   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms, 60.32; Lung neoplasms, therapeutic radiology, 60.1299; Therapeutic radiology, technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031812176     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.207.3.9609904     Document Type: Article

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