First clinical results of adaptive radiotherapy based on 3D portal dosimetry for lung cancer patients with atelectasis treated with volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT)

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1484-1489

  Persoon, Lucas C G G ^a   Egelmeer, Ada G T M ^a   Öllers, Michel C ^a   Nijsten, Sebastiaan M J J G ^a   Troost, Esther G C ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HISTOGRAM; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL PORTAL DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84884650726     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.813642     Document Type: Article

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