Initial assessment of tumor tracking with a gimbaled linac system in clinical circumstances: A patient simulation study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 236-240

  Depuydt, Tom ^a,b   Poels, Kenneth ^a,b   Verellen, Dirk ^a,b   Engels, Benedikt ^a   Collen, Christine ^a   Haverbeke, Chloe ^a   Gevaert, Thierry ^a   Buls, Nico ^a,c   Van Gompel, Gert ^c   Reynders, Truus ^a   Duchateau, Michael ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Boussaer, Marlies ^a   Steenbeke, Femke ^a,b   Vandenbroucke, Frederik ^c   De Ridder, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Stereotactic body radiation therapy; Tumor tracking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GIMBALED LINAC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR TRACKING SYSTEM; WORKFLOW; X RAY;

FIDUCIAL MARKERS; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SIMULATION; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED;

EID: 84876058638     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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