Setup Reproducibility for Thoracic and Upper Gastrointestinal Radiation Therapy: Influence of Immobilization Method and On-Line Cone-Beam CT Guidance

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 287-296

  Li, Winnie ^a   Moseley, Douglas J ^a   Bissonnette, Jean Pierre ^a   Purdie, Thomas G ^a   Bezjak, Andrea ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Immobilization; Margins; Thoracic and upper gastrointestinal radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78049462718     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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