To ensure that target volumes are not underirradiated when respiratory motion may affect the dose distribution, 4D dose calculations should be performed

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Starkschall, George ^a   Gibbons, John P ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

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

^b MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; TARGET VOLUMES;

DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHM; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PHYSICS; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY;

HUMANS; MOVEMENT; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 58149110802     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3031115     Document Type: Short Survey

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