Investigation of the geometric accuracy of proton beam irradiation in the liver

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 826-833

  Fukumitsu, Nobuyoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Takayuki ^a   Okumura, Toshiyuki ^a   Mizumoto, Masashi ^a   Tohno, Eriko ^b   Fukuda, Kuniaki ^b   Abei, Masato ^b   Sakae, Takeji ^a   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image analysis software; Liver tumor; Proton beam therapy; Respiratory gated therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BEAM IRRADIATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CT IMAGE; DISTRIBUTION AREA; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; HIGH DOSE; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; IMAGE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; LIVER TUMORS; PLANNING CT; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY-GATED THERAPY;

DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATORY GATED RADIOTHERAPY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855850266     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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