4D modeling and estimation of respiratory motion for radiation therapy

Respiratory motion causes an important uncertainty in radiotherapy planning of the thorax and upper abdomen. The main objective of radiation therapy is to eradicate or shrink tumor cells without damaging the surrounding tissue by delivering a high radiation dose to the tumor region and a dose as low...

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Other Authors: Ehrhardt, Jan (Radiologist), Lorenz, Cristian., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013.
Berlin ; New York : [2013]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Biological and medical physics, biomedical engineering.
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