Treatment delivery time optimization of respiratory gated radiation therapy by application of audio-visual feedback

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-335

  Linthout, Nadine ^a   Bral, Samuel ^a   Van de Vondel, Iwein ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Gevaert, Thierry ^a   Duchateau, Michael ^a   Reynders, Truus ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breathing synchronized irradiation; Hypo fractionated SBRT; IGRT; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649124581     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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