Simulation of respiratory motion during IMRT dose delivery

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 935-943

  Mohn, Silje ^a,b   Wasbø, Ellen ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTI LEAF COLLIMATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 79960548479     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.580002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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