Simulating intrafraction prostate motion with a random walk model

Purpose: Prostate motion during radiation therapy (ie, intrafraction motion) can cause unwanted loss of radiation dose to the prostate and increased dose to the surrounding organs at risk. A compact but general statistical description of this motion could be useful for simulation of radiation therap...

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Main Authors: Tobias Pommer, PhD, Jung Hun Oh, PhD, Per Munck af Rosenschöld, PhD, Joseph O. Deasy, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109417300520