Effects of Respiration-Induced Density Variations on Dose Distributions in Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1266-1275

  Mexner, Vanessa ^a   Wolthaus, Jochem W H ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Damen, Eugène M F ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4D dose accumulation; 4D treatment planning; Deformable image registration; Lung cancer; Mid ventilation

Indexed keywords

4D DOSE ACCUMULATION; 4D TREATMENT PLANNING; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; LUNG CANCER; MID-VENTILATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEFORMATION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TUMORS; VENTILATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649525965     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.073     Document Type: Article

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