Novel lung IMRT planning algorithms with nonuniform dose delivery strategy to account for respiratory motion

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3390-3398

  Li, Xiang ^a,b   Zhang, Pengpeng ^b   Mah, Dennis ^b,c   Gewanter, Richard ^b   Kutcher, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Lung cancer; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONVOLUTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TUMORS;

DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; NONUNIFORM DOSE DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL TISSUE COMPLICATION PROBABILITIES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 33748290300     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2335485     Document Type: Article

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