Held-breath self-gating technique for radiotherapy of non-small-cell lung cancer: A feasibility study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-49

  Kim, David J W ^a   Murray, Brad R ^a   Halperin, Ross ^a   Roa, Wilson H Y ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breath hold; Immobilization; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Respiration gating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAPHRAGM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0035168732     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01372-9     Document Type: Article

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