Reduction of cardiac volume in left-breast treatment fields by respiratory maneuvers: A CT study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 895-904

  Lu, Hsiao Ming ^a   Cash, Ethan ^a   Chen, Ming Hui ^b   Chin, Lee ^a   Manning, Warren J ^b   Harris, Jay ^a,c   Bornstein, Bruce ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer treatment; Respiratory maneuvers; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATH HOLDING; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034237198     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00512-5     Document Type: Article

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