Development of a breathing monitor and training system, and the analysis of methods of training patients to regulate their breathing when undergoing radiotherapy for lung cancer
Purpose: Advanced radiotherapy treatments for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) rely on conforming the radiation dose to the tumour geometry as tightly as possible; this increases the probability of killing the tumour cells while simultaneously reducing the radiation dose to nearby tissues and to o...
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City, University of London
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.507275 |