Localizing moving targets and organs using motion-managed CTs

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-140

  Brandner, Edward D ^a   Heron, Dwight ^a   Wu, Andrew ^b   Huq, M Saiful ^a   Yue, Ning J ^a   Chen, Hungcheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; 4D Treatment planning; Motion management; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646234705     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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