Verifying 4D gated radiotherapy using time-integrated electronic portal imaging: a phantom and clinical study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Respiration-gated radiotherapy (RGRT) can decrease treatment toxicity by allowing for smaller treatment volumes for mobile tumors. RGRT is commonly performed using external surrogates of tumor motion. We describe the use of time-inte...

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Main Authors: Slotman Ben J, Lagerwaard Frank J, de Geest Frank GM, Cuijpers Johan P, van Sörnsen de Koste John R, Senan Suresh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/2/1/32