Impact of respiratory movement on the computed tomographic images of small lung tumors in three-dimensional (3D) radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1127-1133

  Shimizu, Shinichi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Kagei, Kenji ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Bo, Xo ^a   Dosaka Akita, Hirotoshi ^b   Hashimoto, Seiko ^a   Aoyama, Hidefumi ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuhiko ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a Depts of Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Lung; Respiratory movement; Safety margin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034654424     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00352-1     Document Type: Article

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