Cone-beam computed tomography-guided positioning of laryngeal cancer patients with large interfraction time trends in setup and nonrigid anatomy variations

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 401-406

  Gangsaas, Anne ^a   Astreinidou, Eleftheria ^a   Quint, Sandra ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a   Heijmen, Ben ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LARYNGEAL CANCER; METHODS AND MATERIALS; NO ACTION LEVELS; ON-LINE SETUP CORRECTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; VERIFICATION PROTOCOL;

DISEASES; ERRORS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; ONLINE ANALYSIS; POSITIONING DEVICE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84882794865     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.2032     Document Type: Article

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