Benefits of six degrees of freedom for optically driven patient set-up correction in SBRT

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Spadea, Maria Francesca ^a,b   Baroni, Guido ^b   Riboldi, Marco ^b   Luraschi, Rosa ^c   Tagaste, Barbara ^c   Garibaldi, Cristina ^c   Catalano, Gianpiero ^c   Orecchia, Roberto ^c   Pedotti, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal cancer; And SBRT; Lung cancer; Set up errors; Treatment couch

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 45349099385     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700304     Document Type: Article

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