Comparison of Respiratory-Gated and Respiratory-Ungated Planning in Scattered Carbon Ion Beam Treatment of the Pancreas Using Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 303-312

  Mori, Shinichiro ^a   Yanagi, Takeshi ^a   Hara, Ryusuke ^a   Sharp, Gregory C ^b   Asakura, Hiroshi ^c   Kumagai, Motoki ^a   Kishimoto, Riwa ^a   Yamada, Shigeru ^a   Kato, Hirotoshi ^a   Kandatsu, Susumu ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Inage ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon beam; Computed tomography; Four dimensional; Pancreas; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BREATHING CONDITION; CARBON BEAMS; CARBON ION BEAMS; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CLINICAL USE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA SETS; DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DUTY CYCLES; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL TISSUE; PANCREATIC TUMORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RESPIRATORY CYCLE; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; ROTATING CONES; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHEMOTHERAPY; COSINE TRANSFORMS; DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMS; HISTOLOGY; ION BEAMS; IONS; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

CARBON; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 72049130260     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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