Feasibility of insertion/implantation of 2.0-mm-diameter gold internal fiducial markers for precise setup and real-time tumor tracking in radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 240-247

  Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Harada, Toshiyuki ^a   Harabayashi, Tooru ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Endo, Hideho ^a   Kitamura, Kei ^a   Onimaru, Rikiya ^a   Yamazaki, Koichi ^a   Kurauchi, Nobuaki ^a   Shimizu, Tadashi ^a   Shinohara, Nobuo ^a   Matsushita, Michiaki ^a   Dosaka Akita, Hirotoshi ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal fiducial marker; Organ motion; Real time tracking; Setup error

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PULMONARY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BRONCHOSCOPIC INSERTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

GOLD; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD LESION; TARGET ORGAN; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0345269966     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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