4D imaging and 4D radiation therapy: A new era of therapy design and delivery

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 99-117

  Low, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR; EXHALATION; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; FOUR DIMENSIONAL RADIATION THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INHALATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MOTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BREATHING CYCLE; BREATHING MOTIONS; DELIVERY PROCESS; DOSE DELIVERY; THERAPY DESIGN; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS; TUMOR MOTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958237914     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: 16623789     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000322410     Document Type: Article

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