Impact of geometrical uncertainties on 3D CRT and IMRT dose distributions for lung cancer treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1260-1269

  Schwarz, Marco ^a   Van der Geer, Joris ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breathing movements; Dose distributions; Geometrical uncertainties; IMRT margins; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY DISEASES; TUMORS;

BREATHING MOVEMENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMETRICAL UNCERTAINTIES; IMRT MARGINS; NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PARAMETER; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RESPIRATION; SPINAL CORD; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33745221878     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.03.035     Document Type: Article

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