Clinical efficacy of respiratory gated conformal radiation therapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Ramsey, Chester R ^a   Scaperoth, Daniel ^a   Arwood, Don ^a   Oliver, Adrian L ^a  

^a THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Respiratory gating; Respiratory movement; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASM STAGING; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033007343     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00006-0     Document Type: Article

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