Active breathing control in combination with ultrasound imaging: A feasibility study of image guidance in stereotactic body radiation therapy of liver lesions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1096-1102

  Bloemen Van Gurp, Esther ^a   Van Der Meer, Skadi ^a   Hendry, Janet ^a   Buijsen, Jeroen ^a   Visser, Peter ^a   Fontanarosa, Davide ^a   Lachaine, Martin ^b   Lammering, Guido ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Elekta Ltd   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BREATHING CONTROLS; COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INTEROBSERVER VARIATIONS; INTRAOBSERVER VARIATIONS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPIROMETER; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RESPIRATION; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84875226098     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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