Breathing-synchronized radiotherapy program at the University of California Davis Cancer Center

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 346-353

  Kubo, H Dale ^a   Len, Patrick M ^a,b   Minohara, Shin Ichi ^c   Mostafavi, Hassan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing synchronized radiotherapy; Fluoroscopic images; IMRT; Linear accelerator

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHRONIZATION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; IMRT; INDUCTIVE PLETHYSMOGRAPHIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIATION TREATMENTS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034006554     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598837     Document Type: Article

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