Real-time respiration monitoring using the radiotherapy treatment beam and four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) - A conceptual study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4469-4495

  Lu, Weiguo ^a   Ruchala, Kenneth J ^a   Chen, Ming Li ^a   Chen, Quan ^a   Olivera, Gustavo H ^a,b  

^a TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4DCT); RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENTS; REAL-TIME RESPIRATION MONITORING; RESPIRATORY MOTION;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDITION MONITORING; CORRELATION THEORY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 33748566269     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/18/003     Document Type: Article

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