The reproducibility of organ position using active breathing control (ABC) during liver radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1410-1421

  Dawson, Laura A ^c   Brock, Kristy K ^a   Kazanjian, Sahira ^b   Fitch, Dwight ^a   McGinn, Cornelius J ^a   Lawrence, Theodore S ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a   Balter, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Active breathing control; Conformal radiation; Interfraction reproducibility; Intrafraction reproducibility; Intrahepatic cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAPHRAGMS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TUMORS;

REPRODUCIBILITY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIVER CARCINOMA; MEASUREMENT; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBE;

HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0035577652     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02653-0     Document Type: Article

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