A new way of adapting IMRT delivery fraction-by-fraction to cater for variable intrafraction motion

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5177-5191

  Webb, S ^a   Bortfeld, T ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION PROCESSES; ADAPTIVE THERAPY; DELIVERED DOSE; FLUENCE; IMRT DELIVERY; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; TISSUE MOTION;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; MOVEMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 51849160729     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/022     Document Type: Article

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