Detection of lung tumor movement in real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 304-310

  Shimizu, Shinichi ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Ogura, Shigeaki ^a   Akita Dosaka, Hirotoshi ^a   Kitamura, Kei ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Kagei, Kenji ^a   Nishimura, Masaji ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung; Organ motion; Radiotherapy; Respiratory movement; Tumor tracking

Indexed keywords

PERMITTED DISLOCATIONS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS; X RAYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

GOLD; TUMOR MARKER;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035479329     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01641-8     Document Type: Article

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