Systematic errors in respiratory gating due to intrafraction deformations of the liver

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3620-3629

  Von Siebenthal, Martin ^a   Sźkely, Gábor ^a   Lomax, Antony J ^b   Cattin, Philippe C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

4DMRI; Radiation therapy; Respiratory gating; Respiratory liver motion

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; DEFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

4DMRI; LIVER MOTIONS; LONG TERM ANALYSIS; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; SHORT-TERM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC DEVIATION;

RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; GATED IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 34548301696     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2767053     Document Type: Article

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