Effects of intra-fraction motion on IMRT dose delivery: Statistical analysis and simulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 2203-2220

  Bortfeld, Thomas ^a   Jokivarsi, Kimmo ^a   Goitein, Michael ^a   Kung, Jong ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; FRACTOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; ORGAN MOTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; MOVEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 0037036516     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/13/302     Document Type: Article

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