Quantifying the effect of intrafraction motion during breast IMRT planning and dose delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-562

  George, R ^a   Keall, P J ^b   Kini, V R ^b   Vedam, S S ^a   Siebers, J V ^b   Wu, Q ^b   Lauterbach, M H ^b   Arthur, D W ^b   Mohan, R ^b  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ERRORS; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0345381992     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1543151     Document Type: Article

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