Image-Guided Radiotherapy for Liver Cancer Using Respiratory-Correlated Computed Tomography and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 297-304

  Guckenberger, Matthias ^a   Sweeney, Reinhart A ^a   Wilbert, Juergen ^a   Krieger, Thomas ^a   Richter, Anne ^a   Baier, Kurt ^a   Mueller, Gerd ^a   Sauer, Otto ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Four dimensional treatment planning; Frameless image guided radiotherapy; Liver cancer; Respiratory correlated computed tomography; Stereotactic body radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

FOUR DIMENSIONAL TREATMENT PLANNING; FRAMELESS IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LIVER CANCER; RESPIRATORY CORRELATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 41749104005     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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