Radiographic pulmonary and pleural changes after carbon ion irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 861-866

  Nishimura, Hideki ^a,b   Miyamoto, Tadaaki ^a   Yamamoto, Naoyoshi ^a   Koto, Masashi ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion irradiation; Dose volume histogram; Non small cell lung cancer; Pulmonary fibrosis; Radiation injury

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

CARBON ION IRRADIATION;

RADIOGRAPHY;

CARBON; ION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOTON; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037443397     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04495-4     Document Type: Article

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