Simulation of dosimetry impact of 4DCT uncertainty in 4D dose calculation for lung SBRT

Abstract Background Due to the heterogeneity of patient’s individual respiratory motion pattern in lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), treatment planning dose assessment using a traditional four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT_traditional) images based on a uniform breathing curve may...

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Main Authors: Gang Liu, Fala Hu, Xuanfeng Ding, Xiaoqiang Li, Qihong Shao, Yuenan Wang, Jing Yang, Hong Quan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1191-y