Mid-ventilation CT scan construction from four-dimensional respiration-correlated CT scans for radiotherapy planning of lung cancer patients

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8245425	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2006	12 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Conclusion: Tumor motion and the diaphragm motion method can be used to select the (artifact-free) mid-ventilation CT scan, enabling a significant reduction of the irradiated volume.

Keywords

Mid-ventilation Treatment planning computed tomography Lung cancer Breathing Four-dimensional

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Mid-ventilation CT scan construction from four-dimensional respiration-correlated CT scans for radiotherapy planning of lung cancer patients

Authors

Jochem W.H. M.Sc., Christoph Ph.D., Jan-Jakob Ph.D., Marcel Ph.D., José S.A. M.D., Maddalena M.G. D.C.R.(R), R.T.T., Joos V. M.D., Ph.D., EugÃ¨ne M.F. Ph.D.,