Respiratory gating for radiation therapy is not ready for prime time

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 867-870

  Li, X Allen ^a   Keall, Paul J ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIME TIME; RESPIRATORY GATINGS;

BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THORAX;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MOTION; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; SOFTWARE; THORAX;

EID: 33847670074     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2514027     Document Type: Review

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