Comparison of Helical and Average Computed Tomography for Stereotactic Body Radiation Treatment Planning and Normal Tissue Contouring in Lung Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 862-867

  Han, K ^a,b   Basran, P S ^c,d   Cheung, P ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Average computed tomography; Four dimensional computed tomography; Lung cancer; Organs at risk; Stereotactic body radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TRACHEA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149495739     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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