Assessing Respiration-Induced Tumor Motion and Internal Target Volume Using Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 531-540

  Liu, H Helen ^a   Balter, Peter ^a   Tutt, Teresa ^a   Choi, Bum ^a   Zhang, Joy ^a   Wang, Catherine ^a   Chi, Melinda ^a   Luo, Dershan ^a   Pan, Tinsu ^a   Hunjan, Sandeep ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Rosen, Isaac ^a   Prado, Karl ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Chang, Joe ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Dong, Lei ^a  

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

Author keywords

4DCT; Internal target volume; Lung cancer; Respiration; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; METABOLISM; ONCOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4DCT); LUNG CANCER; RESPIRATION; TUMOR MOTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34247882923     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.066     Document Type: Article

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