Variation of dose distribution of stereotactic radiotherapy for small-volume lung tumors under different respiratory conditions

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Kunieda, E ^a   Deloar, H M ^b   Kishitani, N ^c   Fujisaki, T ^c   Kawase, T ^a   Seki, S ^a   Oku, Y ^a   Kubo, A ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron density; Lung tumor; Path length; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 55349133851     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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