Motion compensation in radiotherapy

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-197

  Guckenberger, Matthias ^a   Richter, Anne ^a   Boda Heggemann, Judit ^b   Lohr, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breath hold treatment; Gating; Image guidance; Motion compensation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BREATH HOLDS; BREATH-HOLD; CLINICAL USE; COMPENSATION STRATEGY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; GATING; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; ORGAN MOTION; PHOTON RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY MARGIN; SURFACE SCANNING; TARGET MOTIONS; TREATMENT MARGINS; TUMOR TRACKING;

FLUORESCENT SCREENS; PLANNING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; TUMORS;

MOTION COMPENSATION;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; X RAY; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MOTION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84865145366     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v40.i3.30     Document Type: Review

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