Design of 4D treatment planning target volumes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Rietzel, Eike ^a,b   Liu, Arthur K ^a   Doppke, Karen P ^a   Wolfgang, John A ^a   Chen, Aileen B ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a   Choi, Noah C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Abteilung Biophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Four dimensional Computed tomography; Four dimensional treatment planning; Organ motion; Target volumes; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; STANDARDS; TUMORS;

FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL TREATMENT PLANNING; ORGAN MOTION; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746809041     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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