Prostate intrafraction motion assessed by simultaneous kilovoltage fluoroscopy at megavoltage delivery I: Clinical observations and pattern analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1563-1570

  Adamson, Justus ^a,b,c   Wu, Qiuwen ^a,c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CBCT; Intrafraction; Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CBCT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELAPSED TIME; INTRAFRACTION; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; MEGAVOLTAGE; ORGAN MOTION; PATTERN ANALYSIS; POST TREATMENT; PROSTATE CANCERS; SPECIFIC NATURE; TIME DEPENDENCY; TREATMENT DURATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; RADIOTHERAPY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KILOVOLTAGE FLUOROSCOPY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78549246733     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.09.027     Document Type: Article

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