Dosimetric and radiobiological impact of dose fractionation on respiratory motion induced IMRT delivery errors: A volumetric dose measurement study

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1380-1387

  Duan, Jun ^a   Shen, Sui ^a   Fiveash, John B ^a   Popple, Richard A ^a   Brezovich, Ivan A ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetric error; IMRT; Respiratory gating; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOM ERRORS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; TUMORS;

DOSIMETRIC ERRORS; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATION; EQUIVALENT UNIFORM DOSE; IMRT; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33646447850     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2192908     Document Type: Article

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