A Study on Target Positioning Error and Its Impact on Dose Variation in Image-Guided Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for the Spine

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1574-1579

  Kim, Siyong ^a   Jin, Hosang ^b   Yang, Huey ^c   Amdur, Robert J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Druid City Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Image guided radiotherapy; Spine tumors; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Target positioning error

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CONE-BEAM CT; DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE VARIATIONS; DOSIMETRIC IMPACTS; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; ROTATIONAL ERRORS; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; SPINAL CORDS; SPINE TUMORS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPIES; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET LOCALIZATIONS; TARGET POSITIONING ERROR; TARGET VOLUMES; TOLERANCE LIMITS;

TARGETS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROBOTICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; VACUUM;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MOVEMENT; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 62649148465     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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