Conformal radiotherapy (CRT) planning for lung cancer: Analysis of intrathoracic organ motion during extreme phases of breathing

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1081-1092

  Giraud, Philippe ^a   De Rycke, Yann ^a   Dubray, Bernard ^a   Helfre, Sylvie ^a   Voican, Daniel ^a   Guo, Ling ^b   Rosenwald, Jean Claude ^a   Keraudy, Katia ^b   Housset, Martin ^b   Touboul, Emmanuel ^b   Cosset, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung cancer; Organ motion; Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TUMORS;

ALPHA CRADLE IMMOBILIZATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035889279     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01766-7     Document Type: Article

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