Thoracic target volume delineation using various maximum-intensity projection computed tomography image sets for radiotherapy treatment planning

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5811-5820

  Zamora, David A ^a   Riegel, Adam C ^a   Sun, Xiaojun ^a   Balter, Peter ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Mawlawi, Osama ^a   Pan, Tinsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; cine computed tomography; contouring; four dimensional computed tomography; stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SORTING; TUMORS;

CINE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTOURING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4D-CT); MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 78149447870     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3504605     Document Type: Article

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