Assessment of Gross Tumor Volume Regression and Motion Changes During Radiotherapy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer as Measured by Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1036-1046

  Britton, Keith R ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Pan, Tinsu ^a   Nelson, Christopher ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a  

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

Author keywords

4DCT scan; Conformal radiotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; Non small cell lung cancer; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4DCT) SCAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERNAL TARGET VOLUME (ITV); NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER; TUMOR MOTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MOTION ESTIMATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447276462     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.021     Document Type: Article

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