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Effect of atelectasis changes on tissue mass and dose during lung radiotherapy

PURPOSE: To characterize mass and density changes of lung parenchyma in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients following midtreatment resolution of atelectasis and to quantify the impact this large geometric change has on normal tissue dose. METHODS: Baseline and midtreatment CT images and cont...

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Autores principales: Guy, Christopher L., Weiss, Elisabeth, Jan, Nuzhat, Reshko, Leonid B., Christensen, Gary E., Hugo, Geoffrey D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Physicists in Medicine 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27806593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4965807