Is a Single Respiratory Correlated 4D-CT Study Sufficient for Evaluation of Breathing Motion?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1352-1359

  Guckenberger, Matthias ^a   Wilbert, Juergen ^a   Meyer, Juergen ^a   Baier, Kurt ^a   Richter, Anne ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Four dimensional CT (4D CT); Intrafractional errors; Mean tumor position; Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT); Tumor breathing motion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

INTRAFRACTIONAL ERRORS; MEAN TUMOR POSITION; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY (SBRT); TUMOR BREATHING MOTION;

PULMONARY DISEASES;

ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947496591     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.025     Document Type: Article

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