A method for incorporating organ motion due to breathing into 3D dose calculations in the liver: Sensitivity to variations in motion

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2643-2649

  Lujan, Anthony E ^a,b   Balter, James M ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose calculations; Organ motion; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONVOLUTION METHODS; DEGREE OF ASYMMETRY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ORGAN MOTION; PATIENT SPECIFIC PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY TO VARIATIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; LIVER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0142089327     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1609057     Document Type: Article

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