A methodology for using SPECT to reduce intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) dose to functioning lung

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1543-1552

  McGuire, Sarah M ^a   Zhou, Sumin ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Dewhirst, Mark ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Das, Shiva K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Lung; Optimization; Radiation therapy; SPECT

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY (IMRT); LUNG PERFUSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TOXICITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33751178998     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1377     Document Type: Article

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