Cone-beam CT-based delineation of stereotactic lung targets: The influence of image modality and target size on interobserver variability

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Altorjai, Gabriela ^a   Fotina, Irina ^a   Lütgendorf Caucig, Carola ^a   Stock, Markus ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Dieckmann, Karin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CBCT; Conformity index; Interobserver variability; SBRT; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

CBCT; CONFORMITY INDEX; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; SBRT; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THORAX WALL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84855855264     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.03.042     Document Type: Article

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