Relating radiation-induced regional lung injury to changes in pulmonary function tests

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-317

  Fan, Ming ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Lind, Pehr ^a   Hollis, Donna ^a   Woel, Roxanne T ^a   Bentel, Gunilla G ^a   Anscher, Mitchell S ^a   Shafman, Timothy D ^a   Coleman, R Edward ^a   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a   Munley, Michael T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung perfusion; Pulmonary function tests; Radiation lung injury; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS (PFT);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; PULMONARY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PERFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035479087     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01619-4     Document Type: Article

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