Assessment of Intrafraction Mediastinal and Hilar Lymph Node Movement and Comparison to Lung Tumor Motion Using Four-Dimensional CT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 580-588

  Donnelly, Eric D ^a   Parikh, Parag J ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Zhao, Tianyu ^a   Lechleiter, Kristen ^a   Nystrom, Michelle ^a   Hubenschmidt, James P ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Bradley, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Four dimensional computed tomography; Lung cancer; Mediastinal lymph nodes; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG TUMOR MOTION; MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548474333     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.083     Document Type: Article

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