The effect of breathing and set-up errors on the cumulative dose to a lung tumor

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-105

  Engelsman, Martijn ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a   De Jaeger, Katrien ^a   Van Ingen, Karel M ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose volume histograms; Lung cancer; Set up errors; Tumor control probability; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER CONTROL; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HISTOGRAM; IRRADIATION; LUNG TUMOR; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY FILM;

LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0035400715     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00349-8     Document Type: Article

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