The effects of intra-fraction organ motion on the delivery of dynamic intensity modulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-104

  Yu, Cedric X ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a   Wong, John W ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; HEART BEAT; JAW MOVEMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031892627     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/1/006     Document Type: Article

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