Interfractional Variations in Patient Setup and Anatomic Change Assessed by Daily Computed Tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 581-591

  Li, X Allen ^a   Qi, X Sharon ^a   Pitterle, Marissa ^a   Kalakota, Kapila ^a   Mueller, Kevin ^a   Erickson, Beth A ^a   Wang, Dian ^a   Schultz, Christopher J ^a   Firat, Selim Y ^a   Wilson, J Frank ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Helical tomotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; Margin; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; ORGAN MOTION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ABDOMEN; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIMB; MEDICAL ERROR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NECK; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX; UTERUS DISEASE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247893798     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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