Synchronized moving aperture radiation therapy (SMART): Improvement of breathing pattern reproducibility using respiratory coaching

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-636

  Neicu, Toni ^a   Berbeco, Ross ^a   Wolfgang, John ^a   Jiang, Steve B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TUMORS;

AUDIO-VIDEO COACHING; BREATHING PATTERN; RADIATION BEAM APERTURE; SYNCHRONIZED MOVING APERTURE RADIATION THERAPY (SMART);

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNCHRONIZED MOVING APERTURE RADIATION THERAPY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTION; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31344480159     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/010     Document Type: Article

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