Quantifying Appropriate PTV Setup Margins: Analysis of Patient Setup Fidelity and Intrafraction Motion Using Post-Treatment Megavoltage Computed Tomography Scans

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1222-1228

  Drabik, Donata M ^a   MacKenzie, Marc A ^a,b   Fallone, Gino B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helical tomotherapy; Image guided radiotherapy; Megavoltage computed tomography; Megavoltage imaging; Patient positioning; Planning target volume

Indexed keywords

HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME (PTV);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITION CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34447286000     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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