Daily targeting of liver tumors: Screening patients with a mock treatment and using a combination of internal and external fiducials for image-guided respiratory-gated radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4591-4593

  Krishnan, Sunil ^a   Briere, Tina Marie ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Murthy, Ravi ^a   Ng, Chaan ^a   Balter, Peter ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Gillin, Michael T ^a   Beddar, A Sam ^a  

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

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Implanted fiducial; Mock treatment; Respiratory gated

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TUMORS;

DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; GATED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMPLANTED FIDUCIAL; MOCK TREATMENT; ONLINE POSITIONING; PATIENT POSITIONING; RESPIRATORY-GATED;

DIAGNOSIS;

ACCURACY; AGED; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 36649026320     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2804578     Document Type: Conference Paper

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