3D dose delivery verification using repeated cone-beam imaging and EPID dosimetry for stereotactic body radiotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-194

  van Elmpt, Wouter ^a   Petit, Steven ^a   De Ruysscher, Dirk ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^a   Dekker, André ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cone beam imaging; Dose reconstruction; Dose verification; Lung cancer; Non small cell lung cancer; SBRT; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77249104006     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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