Abdominal organ motion measured using 4D CT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 554-560

  Brandner, Edward D ^a   Wu, Andrew ^b   Chen, Hungcheng ^a   Heron, Dwight ^a   Kalnicki, Shalom ^c   Komanduri, Krishna ^a   Gerszten, Kristina ^a   Burton, Steve ^a   Ahmed, Irfan ^e   Shou, Zhenyu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Maryland Regional Cancer Care   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

4D CT; Organ motion; Radiation therapy; Radiation treatment planning; Respiration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

4D CT; ORGAN MOTION; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; RESPIRATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ABDOMEN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOVEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RESPIRATION; SPLEEN; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646260919     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.12.042     Document Type: Article

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