The correlation between internal and external markers for abdominal tumors: Implications for respiratory gating

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1551-1558

  Gierga, David P ^a   Brewer, Johanna ^b   Sharp, Gregory C ^a   Betke, Margrit ^b   Willett, Christopher G ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Fluoroscope; Gating; Image guided therapy; Tracking

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SKIN;

ABDOMINAL TUMORS; IIMAGE-GUIDED THERAPY; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; TUMOR MOTION;

TUMORS;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 16344373639     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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