Calculation and Prediction of the Effect of Respiratory Motion on Whole Breast Radiation Therapy Dose Distributions

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-132

  Cao, Junsheng ^a   Roeske, John C ^a   Chmura, Steve J ^a   Salama, Joseph K ^a   Shoushtari, Asal N ^a   Boyer, Arthur L ^a   Martel, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); Radiation therapy; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BODY BURDEN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65449160160     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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