Lack of Correlation Between External Fiducial Positions and Internal Tumor Positions During Breath-Hold CT

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8233652	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2010	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

External surrogates for tumor position are not an accurate metric of BH accuracy for lung cancer patients. This implies that care should be taken when using such an approach because an incorrect internal margin could be generated.

Keywords

ITV 4D CT Lung tumor respiratory monitoring Breath hold

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Lack of Correlation Between External Fiducial Positions and Internal Tumor Positions During Breath-Hold CT

Authors

Sandeep Ph.D., George Ph.D., Karl Ph.D., Lei Ph.D., Peter Ph.D.,