Technical approach to individualized respiratory-gated carbon-ion therapy for mobile organs

We propose a strategy of individualized image acquisitions and treatment planning for respiratory-gated carbon-ion therapy. We implemented it in clinical treatments for diseases of mobile organs such as lung cancers at the Gunma University Heavy Ion Medical Center in June 2010. Gated computed tomogr...

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Main Authors: Tashiro, Mutsumi, Ishii, Takayoshi, Koya, Jun-ichi, Okada, Ryosuke, Kurosawa, Yuji, Arai, Keisuke, Abe, Satoshi, Ohashi, Yoshiaki, Shimada, Hirofumi, Yusa, Ken, Kanai, Tatsuaki, Yamada, Satoru, Kawamura, Hidemasa, Ebara, Takeshi, Ohno, Tatsuya, Nakano, Takashi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Japan 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709089/