A method of calculating a lung clinical target volume DVH for IMRT with intrafractional motion

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1103-1109

  Kung, J H ^a   Zygmanski, P ^a   Choi, N ^a   Chen, G T Y ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose error; Intensity modulated; Intrafractional; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; TUMORS;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTRAFRACTIONAL; ORGAN MOTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; VARIAN LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MUS; PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS;

EID: 0038039003     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1576233     Document Type: Article

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