Respiration-induced movement of the upper abdominal organs: A pitfall for the three-dimensional conformal radiation treatment of pancreatic cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Bussels, Barbara ^a   Goethals, Laurence ^a   Feron, Michel ^a   Bielen, Didier ^a   Dymarkowski, Steven ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a   Haustermans, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Pancreas; Respiration induced movement; Three dimensional conformal radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142043349     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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