Dosimetric impact of motion in free-breathing and gated lung radiotherapy: A 4D Monte Carlo study of intrafraction and interfraction effects

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 356-366

  Seco, Joao ^a   Sharp, Greg C ^a   Wu, Ziji ^a   Gierga, David ^a   Buettner, Florian ^a   Paganetti, Harald ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

4DCT; IGRT; Monte Carlo; Motion average dose; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TISSUE;

4DCT; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IGRT; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; MOTION AVERAGE DOSE; ORGAN MOTION;

DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; ORGAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RIB; SOFT TISSUE; THORAX; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 37549062637     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2821704     Document Type: Article

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