Performance of gimbal-based dynamic tumor tracking for treating liver carcinoma

Abstract Background Since the introduction of tumor tracking in radiotherapy, it is possible to ensure a precise irradiation of moving targets. To follow the tumor movement, most systems rely on the detection of implanted markers and correlation models between the internal and external patient movem...

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Main Authors: Marc Ziegler, Tobias Brandt, Sebastian Lettmaier, Rainer Fietkau, Christoph Bert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-018-1180-1