A four-dimensional computed tomography analysis of multiorgan abdominal motion

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 435-441

  Hallman, Joshua L ^a   Mori, Shinichiro ^b   Sharp, Gregory C ^a   Lu, Hsiao Ming ^a   Hong, Theodore S ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal organ motion; Deformable registration; Four dimensional computed tomography; Liver; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ORGANS; ABDOMINAL TUMORS; BOUNDING BOX; CENTER OF MASS; CENTER OF MASS MOTION; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGANS AT RISKS; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC CANCERS; PANCREATIC TUMORS; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; RESPIRATORY PHASIS;

DEFORMATION; LIVER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MOTION; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; FIDUCIAL MARKERS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MOVEMENT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANS AT RISK; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 84859838417     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1970     Document Type: Article

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