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Reducing the within-patient variability of breathing for radiotherapy delivery in conscious, unsedated cancer patients using a mechanical ventilator

OBJECTIVE: Variability in the breathing pattern of patients with cancer during radiotherapy requires mitigation, including enlargement of the planned treatment field, treatment gating and breathing guidance interventions. Here, we provide the first demonstration of how easy it is to mechanically ven...

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Autores principales: Parkes, Michael J, Green, Stuart, Stevens, Andrea M, Parveen, Sophia, Stephens, Rebecca, Clutton-Brock, Thomas H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5258146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26959610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20150741