Mid-ventilation CT scan construction from four-dimensional respiration-correlated CT scans for radiotherapy planning of lung cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1560-1571

  Wolthaus, Jochem W H ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Belderbos, José S A ^a   Rossi, Maddalena M G ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breathing; Computed tomography; Four dimensional; Lung cancer; Mid ventilation; Respiration correlated; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIAPHRAGMS; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TUMORS;

BREATHING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG CANCER; MID-VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY CYCLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS; ALGORITHM; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIAPHRAGM; EXHALATION; INHALATION; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAPHRAGM; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748536386     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.04.031     Document Type: Article

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