Initial validations for pursuing irradiation using a gimbals tracking system

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Takayama, Kenji ^a,b,c   Mizowaki, Takashi ^a   Kokubo, Masaki ^b   Kawada, Noriyuki ^c   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^c   Narita, Yuichiro ^a   Nagano, Kazuo ^b   Kamino, Yuichiro ^c   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gimbals tracking; Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT); Movable phantom; Organ motion; Pursuing irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GIMBALS TRACKING SYSTEM; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTIFACTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349315241     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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