A simulation study of irregular respiratory motion and its dosimetric impact on lung tumors

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 845-859

  Mutaf, Y D ^a   Scicutella, C J ^a   Michalski, D ^a   Fallon, K ^a   Brandner, E D ^a   Bednarz, G ^a   Huq, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; RANDOM FLUCTUATION; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TARGET MOTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TUMORS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RADIOMETRY; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551714508     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/3/019     Document Type: Article

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