Evaluation of respiratory movement during gated radiotherapy using film and electronic portal imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 522-531

  Ford, E C ^a   Mageras, G S ^a   Yorke, E ^a   Rosenzweig, K E ^a   Wagman, R ^a   Ling, C C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging device; Fluoroscopic images; Gating; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE;

GATED SYSTEM;

ONCOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAPHRAGM; FLUOROSCOPY; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA BODY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0036471191     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02681-5     Document Type: Article

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