2009
Implications of Respiratory Motion as Measured by Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Radiation Treatment Planning of Esophageal Cancer
Patel AA, Wolfgang JA, Niemierko A, Hong TS, Yock T, Choi NC. Implications of Respiratory Motion as Measured by Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography for Radiation Treatment Planning of Esophageal Cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2009, 74: 290-296. PMID: 19362248, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph nodesFour-dimensional computed tomographyPrimary tumorEsophageal cancerCT scanComputed tomographyRespiratory tumor motionDistal esophageal tumorsDistal thoracic esophagusEsophageal primary tumorsPrimary esophageal cancerMassachusetts General HospitalTumor motionRespiratory motionDistal tumorsCurative treatmentThoracic esophagusEsophageal tumorsGeneral HospitalLeft-right directionsAnatomic locationRadiation treatment planningLR dimensionAP motionTumors
2006
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