Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) technologies for radiation therapy localization and delivery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-45

  De Los Santos, Jennifer ^a   Popple, Richard ^a   Agazaryan, Nzhde ^b   Bayouth, John E ^c   Bissonnette, Jean Pierre ^d   Bucci, Mary Kara ^e   Dieterich, Sonja ^f   Dong, Lei ^g   Forster, Kenneth M ^h   Indelicato, Daniel ⁱ   Langen, Katja ^j   Lehmann, Joerg ^f   Mayr, Nina ^k   Parsai, Ishmael ^l   Salter, William ^m   Tomblyn, Michael ⁿ   Yuh, William T C ^k   Chetty, Indrin J ^o  

^a The Kirklin Clinic at Acton Road and Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Anchorage Radiation Therapy Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Scripps Proton Therapy Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^j M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^k OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

ⁿ H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CAMERA; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; REVIEW; SAFETY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED;

EID: 84881376413     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.02.021     Document Type: Review

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