The effectiveness of an immobilization device in conformal radiotherapy for lung tumor: Reduction of respiratory tumor movement and evaluation of the daily setup accuracy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 889-898

  Negoro, Yoshiharu ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Aoki, Tetsuya ^a   Mizowaki, Takashi ^a   Araki, Norio ^a   Takayama, Kenji ^a   Kokubo, Masaki ^a   Yano, Shinsuke ^b   Koga, Sachiko ^b   Sasai, Keisuke ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body frame; CT simulator; Lung cancer; Setup margin; Stereotactic irradiation

Indexed keywords

PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TUMORS;

CONFORMAL THERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION DEVICES;

ONCOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0035879442     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01516-4     Document Type: Article

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