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Peer-reviewed

Changes in Regional Ventilation During Treatment and Dosimetric Advantages of CT Ventilation Image Guided Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Lung Cancer

Tokihiro Yamamoto, Sven Kabus, Matthieu Bal, Karl Bzdusek, Paul J Keall, Cari Wright, Stanley H Benedict, Megan E Daly
Lung functional image guided radiation therapy (RT) that avoids irradiating highly functional regions has potential to reduce pulmonary toxicity following RT. Tumor regression during RT is common, leading to recovery of lung function. We hypothesized that computed tomography (CT) ventilation image-guided treatment planning reduces the functional lung dose compared to standard anatomic image-guided planning in 2 different scenarios with or without plan adaptation
Article, 2018
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics, 102, 20181115, 1366
2018