Clinical experience using respiratory gated radiation therapy: Comparison of free-breathing and breath-hold techniques

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-426

  Berson, Anthony M ^a,b   Emery, Richard ^a   Rodriguez, Lara ^a   Richards, Gregory M ^a   Ng, Tracy ^a,b   Sanghavi, Seema ^a,b   Barsa, Jean ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Respiratory gating

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMIC MOTION; RADIATION THERAPHY; RESPIRATORY GATING;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MARKER; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4544283239     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.03.037     Document Type: Article

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