Comparison of Different Strategies to Use Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography in Treatment Planning for Lung Cancer Patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1229-1238

  Wolthaus, Jochem W H ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Belderbos, José S A ^a   Rossi, Maddalena M G ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Geometric uncertainties; Lung cancer; Planning target volume margin

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; LUNG CANCER; PLANNING TARGET VOLUME MARGIN; RESPIRATORY MOTION;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 39749145316     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.042     Document Type: Article

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