The representitativeness of patient position during the first treatment fractions

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-266

  Bertelsen, Anders ^a   Nielsen, Morten ^a   Westberg, Jonas ^a   Jensen, Henrik R ^a   Brink, Carsten ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 60549113060     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802251542     Document Type: Article

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