Consequences of Anatomic Changes and Respiratory Motion on Radiation Dose Distributions in Conformal Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-102

  Britton, Keith R ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Liu, Helen ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a   Bilton, Stephen ^a   Ezhil, Muthuveni ^a   John Baptiste, Sandra ^a   Kantor, Michael ^a   Cox, James D ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; Conformal radiotherapy; Four dimensional computed tomography; Geometric uncertainties; Image guided radiotherapy; IMRT; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; TARGETS; TOMOGRAPHY;

4D-CT; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 57649111327     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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