International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 688-695 , 1 November 2009

Quantifying Interfraction and Intrafraction Tumor Motion in Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using Respiration-Correlated Cone Beam Computed Tomography

  • Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Ph.D., Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tel: (416) 946-4501, ext. 2151; Fax: (416) 946-5655
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  • Kevin N. Franks, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Thomas G. Purdie, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Douglas J. Moseley, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jan-Jakob Sonke, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • David A. Jaffray, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Laura A. Dawson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Andrea Bezjak, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 25 July 2008 ,Revised 7 November 2008 ,Accepted 18 November 2008.

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 This research was supported by the Addie MacNaughton Chair in Thoracic Radiation Oncology and by Elekta Oncology Systems. Kevin Franks, M.D., is the recipient of a grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Training Fellowship in the Excellence in Radiation Research for the 21st Century (EIRR21) program.

 Conflict of interest: This research was supported in part by grants from Elekta Oncology Systems. The authors' institutions are members of the Elekta Synergy Research Group, together with the William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK; and Elekta Oncology Systems Ltd., Crawley, West Sussex, UK.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00194-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.066

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 688-695 , 1 November 2009

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