International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 1526-1536 , 1 August 2008

A Deliverable Four-Dimensional Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy-Planning Method for Dynamic Multileaf Collimator Tumor Tracking Delivery

  • Yelin Suh, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Yelin Suh, M.S., Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5847. Tel: (650) 725-6713; Fax: (650) 498-5008
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  • Elisabeth Weiss, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Hualiang Zhong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Mirek Fatyga, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Jeffrey V. Siebers, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
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  • Paul J. Keall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Received 19 September 2007 ,Revised 14 April 2008 ,Accepted 14 April 2008.

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 Supported in part by NCI R01 CA93626 and NCI-NIH P01 CA116602.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)00681-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.018

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 1526-1536 , 1 August 2008

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