Image guidance during head-and-neck cancer radiation therapy: Analysis of alignment trends with in-room cone-beam computed tomography scans

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 712-719

  Zumsteg, Zachary ^a   Demarco, John ^a   Lee, Steve P ^a   Steinberg, Michael L ^a   Lin, Chun Shu ^a   McBride, William ^a   Lin, Kevin ^a   Wang, Pin Chieh ^a   Kupelian, Patrick ^a   Lee, Percy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Head and neck cancer; Image guided radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RESIDUAL ERROR; SETUP ACCURACY; SETUP ERRORS; SHIFT MEASUREMENT;

ALIGNMENT; DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861092722     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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