Real time transit dosimetry for the breath-hold radiotherapy technique: An initial experience

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1414-1421

  Piermattei, Angelo ^a,b   Cilla, Savino ^b   Grimaldi, Luca ^b   Viola, Pietro ^b   Frattarolo, Lorenzo ^b   D'Onofrio, Guido ^b   Craus, Maurizio ^b   Fidanzio, Andrea ^a   Azario, Luigi ^a   Greco, Francesca ^a   Digesu, Cinzia ^b   Deodato, Francesco ^b   Macchia, Gabriella ^b   Morganti, Alessio G ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SPIROMETER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51049086396     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802304572     Document Type: Article

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