Respiration-correlated spiral CT: A method of measuring respiratory-induced anatomic motion for radiation treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-97

  Ford, E C ^a   Mageras, G S ^a   Yorke, E ^a   Ling, C C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Gated radiotherapy; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPHERES; TUMORS; X RAY TUBES;

FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING; GATED RADIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; VALIDATION MEASUREMENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037237809     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1531177     Document Type: Article

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