Motion management with phase-adapted 4D-optimization

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5189-5202

  Nohadani, Omid ^a   Seco, Joao ^b   Bortfeld, Thomas ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 78149294033     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/019     Document Type: Article

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