Evaluating the influence of setup uncertainties on treatment planning for focal liver tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 610-614

  Balter, James M ^a,c   Brock, Kristy K ^b   Lam, Kwok L ^a   Tatro, Daniel ^a   Dawson, Laura A ^b   McShan, Daniel L ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Change in effective volume; Dose calculation; Liver tumor; Motion; Treatment planning; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

CHANGE IN EFFECTIVE VOLUME; DOSE CALCULATION; LIVER TUMOR; MOTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCERTAINTIES;

TUMORS;

ANISOTROPY; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 24944536170     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

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