Quantitative Assessment of Range Fluctuations in Charged Particle Lung Irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 253-261

  Mori, Shinichiro ^a   Wolfgang, John ^a   Lu, Hsiao Ming ^a   Schneider, Robert ^a   Choi, Noah C ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Charged particle radiotherapy; Four dimensional computed tomography; Image guided radiotherapy; Lung cancer; Radiotherapy planning; Range variation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

CHARGED PARTICLE RADIOTHERAPY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; RANGE VARIATION;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 37049024734     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.049     Document Type: Article

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