Consideration of dose limits for organs at risk of thoracic radiotherapy: Atlas for lung, proximal bronchial tree, esophagus, spinal cord, ribs, and brachial plexus

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1442-1457

  Kong, Feng Ming ^a   Ritter, Timothy ^a   Quint, Douglas J ^b   Senan, Suresh ^c   Gaspar, Laurie E ^d   Komaki, Ritsuko U ^e   Hurkmans, Coen W ^f   Timmerman, Robert ^g   Bezjak, Andrea ^h   Bradley, Jeffrey D ⁱ   Movsas, Benjamin ^j   Marsh, Lon ^a   Okunieff, Paul ^k   Choy, Hak ^g   Curran, Walter J ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^l EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Atlas; Brachial plexus; Esophagus; Lung; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ESOPHAGUS; LUNG; SPINAL CORD;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FORESTRY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; ATLAS; BODY POSITION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RIB; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; ORGANS AT RISK; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RIBS; SPINAL CORD;

ANATOMY; BIOMETRICS; DISEASES; FORESTRY; METERING EQUIPMENT; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 81855206076     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1977     Document Type: Article

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