Estimation of the delivered patient dose in lung IMRT treatment based on deformable registration of 4D-CT data and Monte Carlo simulations
Flampouri S, Jiang SB, Sharp GC, Wolfgang J, Patel AA, Choi NC. Estimation of the delivered patient dose in lung IMRT treatment based on deformable registration of 4D-CT data and Monte Carlo simulations. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2006, 51: 2763-2779. PMID: 16723765, DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/11/006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelical CTWhole breathing cycleFree-breathing CTBreathing phasesClinical outcomesRetrospective studyCT scanPrescribed dosePTV expansionCTV volumePatientsDoseEUD valuesIMRT plansGTVComposite dose distributionCTHealthy tissuePatient doseCT setsTumor motionBreathing cycleTreatment planning systemDosesIMRT treatment