Evaluation of Linear Accelerator Gating With Real-Time Electromagnetic Tracking

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 920-927

  Smith, Ryan L ^a   Lechleiter, Kristen ^a   Malinowski, Kathleen ^a   Shepard, D M ^b   Housley, D J ^b   Afghan, M ^b   Newell, Jeff ^c   Petersen, Jay ^c   Sargent, Brian ^c   Parikh, Parag ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Calypso Medical Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Radiotherapy; Real time tracking; Respiratory gating; Treatment delivery

Indexed keywords

DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSIMETRIC ERRORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING SYSTEMS; EXTERNAL SENSORS; FIDUCIAL MARKER; GATING TECHNIQUES; IMAGING DOSE; LUNG MOTION; MOTION PLATFORMS; NOVEL METHODS; ORGAN MOTION; POSITION MONITORING; REAL-TIME FEEDBACK; REAL-TIME TRACKING; RESPIRATORY GATING; SYSTEM LATENCY; TREATMENT DELIVERY; TUMOR LOCATION;

ACCELERATION; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; IONIZING RADIATION; PHASE INTERFACES; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRANSPONDERS;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GATED IMAGING; LATENT PERIOD; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RESPIRATION; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 67049107490     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.034     Document Type: Article

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