Dosimetric consequences of tumor mobility in radiotherapy of stage I non-small cell lung cancer - An analysis of data generated using 'slow' CT scans

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-99

  Van Sörnsen De Koste, John R ^a   Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a   Schuchhard Schipper, Regine H ^a   Nijssen Visser, Margriet R J ^a   Voet, Peter W J ^a   Oei, Swie Swat ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Lung cancer; Mobility; Planning target volume; Set up errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034816952     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00373-5     Document Type: Article

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