Assessment of Intrafractional Movement and Internal Motion in Radiotherapy of Rectal Cancer Using Megavoltage Computed Tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 934-939

  Tournel, Koen ^a   De Ridder, Mark ^a   Engels, Benedikt ^a   Bijdekerke, Paul ^a   Fierens, Yves ^a   Duchateau, Michael ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^a   Reynders, Truus ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interfractional movement; Internal margin; Intrafractional movement; Rectal cancer; Setup margin; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

INTERFRACTIONAL MOVEMENT; INTRAFRACTIONAL MOVEMENT; RECTAL CANCER;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REGISTRATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44349111693     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.032     Document Type: Article

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