To study tumor motion and planning target volume margins using four dimensional computed tomography for cancer of the thorax and abdomen regions

In this study, four dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) scanning was performed during free breathing on a 16-slice Positron emission tomography PET /computed tomography (CT) for abdomen and thoracic patients. Images were sorted into 10 phases based on the temporal correlation between surface moti...

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Main Author: Deshpande Sudesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2011;volume=36;issue=1;spage=35;epage=39;aulast=Deshpande