Real-time tracking of tumor motions and deformations along the leaf travel direction with the aid of a synchronized dynamic MLC leaf sequencer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Tacke, Martin ^a   Nill, Simeon ^a   Oelfke, Uwe ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DRUG DELIVERY; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOTHERAPY; REAL TIME CONTROL; SYNCHRONIZATION; TUMORS;

DOSE DELIVERY; LEAF SEQUENCERS; REAL-TIME TRACKING; TARGET MOVEMENTS;

ONCOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD;

ALGORITHMS; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 35848929285     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/22/N01     Document Type: Article

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