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Diaphragm and abdominal organ motion during radiotherapy: a comprehensive multicenter study in 189 children

Authors :
Karin M. Meijer
Irma W. E. M. van Dijk
Marije Frank
Arnout D. van den Hoek
Brian V. Balgobind
Geert O. Janssens
Markus Wendling
John H. Maduro
Abigail Bryce-Atkinson
Anna Loginova
Arjan Bel
Source :
Radiation Oncology, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
BMC, 2023.

Abstract

Abstract Background For accurate thoracic and abdominal radiotherapy, inter- and intrafractional geometrical uncertainties need to be considered to enable accurate margin sizes. We aim to quantify interfractional diaphragm and abdominal organ position variations, and intrafractional diaphragm motion in a large multicenter cohort of pediatric cancer patients (

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1748717X
Volume :
18
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Radiation Oncology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3d582ea573254a49aeabc3f66426530f
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-023-02307-3