Comparison of IGRT registration strategies for optimal coverage of primary lung tumors and involved nodes based on multiple four-dimensional CT scans obtained throughout the radiotherapy course

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1541-1548

  Mohammed, Nasiruddin ^a   Kestin, Larry ^a   Grills, Inga ^a   Shah, Chirag ^a   Glide Hurst, Carri ^a   Yan, Di ^a   Ionascu, Dan ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Four dimensional CT; Image registration; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CT; GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE; GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERNAL TARGET VOLUME; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; OPTIMAL COVERAGE; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; DISEASES; IMAGE REGISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED;

EID: 84857917318     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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