Investigation of the change in marker geometry during respiration motion: a preliminary study for dynamic-multi-leaf real-time tumor tracking

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The use of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is rapidly increasing. Presently, the most accurate method uses fiducial markers implanted near the tumor. A shortcoming of this method is that the beams turn off during the majority o...

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Main Authors: Yamazaki Rie, Nishioka Seiko, Date Hiroyuki, Shirato Hiroki, Koike Takao, Nishioka Takeshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-12-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/7/1/218