International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 548-556 , 1 February 2010

Quantifying Local Radiation-Induced Lung Damage From Computed Tomography

  • Ghazaleh Ghobadi, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Laurens E. Hogeweg, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Hette Faber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cell Biology, Section of Radiation and Stress Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Wim G.J. Tukker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Jacobus M. Schippers, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Accelerator Department, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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  • Sytze Brandenburg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Johannes A. Langendijk, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Robert P. Coppes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Cell Biology, Section of Radiation and Stress Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Peter van Luijk, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: P. van Luijk, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. Tel: (+31) 50-3611739; Fax: (+31) 50-3611692

Received 8 May 2009 ,Revised 21 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 August 2009.

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 Supported by the Dutch Cancer Society (Grant no. 2007-3890) and Grant no. 916.76.029 of the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). This work benefited from the use of Elastix software developed by S. Klein and M. Staring at the Image Sciences Institute (ISI) funded by NWO.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)03038-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.058

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 548-556 , 1 February 2010

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