Intra- and interfractional patient motion for a variety of immobilization devices

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3468-3474

  Engelsman, Martijn ^a   Rosenthal, Stanley J ^a   Michaud, Susan L ^a   Adams, Judith A ^a   Schneider, Robert J ^a   Bradley, Stephen G ^a   Flanz, Jacob B ^a   Kooy, Hanne M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION DEVICES; INTRAFRACTIONAL MOTION; NON-RIGID; PATIENT MOTIONS; SPATIAL DISPLACEMENT; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 28044464252     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2089507     Document Type: Article

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