Motion effects in (intensity modulated) radiation therapy: A review

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Webb, S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Joint Department of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Physics (FInstP)   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FIPEM)   (United Kingdom)

^e Royal Society (of) Arts (FRSA)   (United Kingdom)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); MOTION EFFECTS;

MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; TISSUE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; MOTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 33745492583     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R23     Document Type: Review

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