Variations Between Dose-Ventilation and Dose-Perfusion Metrics in Radiation Therapy Planning for Lung Cancer

Purpose: Currently, several active clinical trials of functional lung avoidance radiation therapy using different imaging modalities for ventilation or perfusion are underway. Patients with lung cancer often show ventilation-perfusion mismatch, whereas the significance of dose-function metric remain...

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Main Authors: Yujiro Nakajima, MS, Noriyuki Kadoya, PhD, Tomoki Kimura, MD, PhD, Kazunari Hioki, MS, Keiichi Jingu, MD, PhD, Tokihiro Yamamoto, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109420300531