Megavoltage computed tomography imaging: A potential tool to guide and improve the delivery of thoracic radiation therapy

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 303-306

  Welsh, James S ^a   Bradley, Kristin ^a   Ruchala, Kenneth J ^b   Mackie, Thomas R ^a,b   Mañon, Rafael ^a   Patel, Rakesh ^a   Wiederholt, Peggy ^a   Lock, Michael ^c   Hui, Susanta ^a   Mehta, Minesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiation therapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 2442480847     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CLC.2004.n.010     Document Type: Article

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