Assessment of lung tumor motion and setup uncertainties using implanted fiducials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 915-923

  Nelson, Christopher ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Balter, Peter ^a   Morice, Rodolfo C ^a   Stevens, Craig W ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Four dimensional computed tomography; Implanted fiducials; Lung cancer; Respiratory gating; Setup uncertainties; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE (EPID); FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMPLANTED FIDUCIALS; LUNG CANCER; RESPIRATORY GATING; SETUP UNCERTAINTIES; TUMOR MOTION;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ERROR; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL IMPLANTATION; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33846804088     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.033     Document Type: Article

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