Management of organ motion in scanned ion beam therapy
Abstract Scanned ion beam therapy has special demands for treatment of intra-fractionally moving tumors such as lesions in lung or liver. Interplay effects between beam and organ motion can in those settings lead to under-dosage of the target volume. Dedicated treatment techniques such as gating or...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Radiation Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-017-0911-z |