Inter- and Intrafraction Variability in Liver Position in Non-Breath-Hold Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 302-308

  Case, Robert B ^a,b   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^c   Moseley, Douglas J ^a,b   Kim, John ^a,b   Brock, Kristy K ^a,b   Dawson, Laura A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBCT; IGRT; Image guided radiotherapy; Intrafraction reproducibility; kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CBCT; IGRT; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTRAFRACTION REPRODUCIBILITY; KILOVOLTAGE CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALIGNMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY;

LIVER;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPINE;

EID: 68649087156     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.058     Document Type: Article

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