Daily targeting of intrahepatic tumors for radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 266-271

  Balter, James M ^a   Brock, Kristy K ^a   Litzenberg, Dale W ^a   McShan, Daniel L ^a   Lawrence, Theodore S ^a   Haken, Randall Ten ^a   McGinn, Cornelius J ^a   Lam, Kwok L ^a   Dawson, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Active breathing control; Breathing movement; On line setup

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGMS; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

VENTILATORY IMMOBLIZATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036137440     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01815-6     Document Type: Article

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