DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING FOR FOUR-DIMENSIONAL ANATOMY

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Radiotherapy is one of the main treatment modalities of lung cancer. However, the achievable accuracy of radiotherapy treatment is limited for lung-based tumors due to respiratory motion. Four-dimensional radiotherapy explicitly ac...

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Main Author: suh, yelin
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2009
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1827
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2826&context=etd