The effect of different lung densities on the accuracy of various radiotherapy dose calculation methods: Implications for tumour coverage

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-414

  Aarup, Lasse Rye ^a   Nahum, Alan E ^b   Zacharatou, Christina ^a   Juhler Nøttrup, Trine ^c   Knöös, Tommy ^d   Nyström, Håkan ^e   Specht, Lena ^a   Wieslander, Elinore ^d   Korreman, Stine S ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Skandion Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

4D CT; AAA; CCC; Density variations; Gating; Lung cancer; Monte Carlo; PBC; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VOLUME; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 65649096221     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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