Quantification of radiation-induced regional lung injury with perfusion imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 399-409

  Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Munley, Michael T ^a   Spencer, David P ^a,b   Sherouse, George W ^a,c   Bentel, Gunilla C ^a   Hoppenworth, Jane ^a   Chew, Monica ^a   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^a   Coleman, R Edward ^a   Prosnitz, Leonard R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung injury; Perfusion; Radiation; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX TUMOR;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 18344407670     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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