Effects of density changes in the chest on lung stereotactic radiotherapy

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Fujisaki, Tatsuya ^a,b   Kikuchi, Kyoko ^a   Saitoh, Hidetoshi ^b,c   Tohyama, Naoki ^c   Myojoyama, Atsushi ^b,c   Osawa, Atsushi ^d   Kuramoto, Akio ^d   Abe, Shinji ^a   Inada, Tesuo ^a   Kawase, Takatsugu ^b,e   Kunieda, Etsuo ^b,e  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Cancer Institute Hospital   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose distribution; Lung stereotactic radiotherapy; Relative electron density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ELECTRONS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4644265608     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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