Improvement of three-dimensional treatment planning models of small lung targets using high-speed multi-slice computed tomographic imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1210-1216

  Yamada, Kazunari ^a,b   Soejima, Toshinori ^a,b   Yoden, Eisaku ^a   Maruta, Tsutomu ^a   Okayama, Takanobu ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Multi slice CT; Radiotherapy; Respiratory movement; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE;

TREATMENT PLANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037111515     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03813-0     Document Type: Article

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