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Four-dimensional measurement of the displacement of metal clips or postoperative surgical staples during 320-multislice computed tomography scanning of gastric cancer

PURPOSE: To investigate the respiratory motion of metal clips or surgical staples placed in the gastric wall for planning of radiation therapy in gastric cancer patients. METHODS: This study examined 15 metal markers in the gastric walls of 12 patients with gastric cancer treated with external-beam...

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Autores principales: Yamashita, Hideomi, Okuma, Kae, Takahashi, Wataru, Sakumi, Akira, Haga, Akihiro, Ino, Kenji, Akahane, Masaaki, Ohtomo, Kuni, Nakagawa, Keiichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3488031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22883343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-137