Motion Analysis of 100 Mediastinal Lymph Nodes: Potential Pitfalls in Treatment Planning and Adaptive Strategies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1092-1099

  Pantarotto, Jason R ^a   Piet, Anna H M ^a   Vincent, Andrew ^b   van Sörnsen de Koste, John R ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive therapy; Four dimensional computed tomography; Lung cancer; Lymph nodes; Tumor motion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THERAPY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODES; TUMOR MOTION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTER OF MASS POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649535160     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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