The effectiveness of breath-holding to stabilize lung and pancreas tumors during radiosurgery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 475-482

  Murphy, Martin J ^a   Martin, David ^a   Whyte, Richard ^a   Hai, Jenny ^a   Ozhasoglu, Cihat ^a   Le, Quynh Thu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath holding; Extracranial radiosurgery; Respiratory compensation; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY;

RADIOSURGERY TREATMENTS;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYSICS; RADIOSURGERY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0036603745     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02822-X     Document Type: Article

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