A breathing thorax phantom with independently programmable 6D tumour motion for dosimetric measurements in radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2235-2250

  Steidl, P ^a,b   Richter, D ^a,b   Schuy, C ^a,b   Schubert, E ^a   Haberer, Th ^c,d   Durante, M ^a,b   Bert, C ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D ROTATION; 3D TRANSLATION; BASELINE DRIFT; CARBON BEAMS; DENSITY CHANGE; DETECTOR HEADS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; MOTION DETECTION SYSTEMS; MOVING TARGETS; PATIENT CASE; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TARGET VOLUMES; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR; THORAX PHANTOM;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; THORAX;

MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; THORAX;

EID: 84859348954     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/8/2235     Document Type: Article

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