Dosimetric impact of intrafraction motion for compensator-based proton therapy of lung cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3343-3364

  Zhao, Li ^a,b   Sandison, George A ^a   Farr, Jonathan B ^b   Hsi, Wen Chien ^b   Li, X Allen ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASMA WAVES; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

AVERAGE INTENSITY; COMPENSATOR DESIGN; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT SCANNING; DATA SETS; DOSE CALCULATIONS; DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; ELECTRON DENSITIES; IMAGE DATA SETS; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; LUNG CANCERS; PHANTOM STUDIES; PROTON-THERAPY; RESPIRATORY PHASES; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR COVERAGE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45949094329     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/019     Document Type: Article

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