Fiducial marker matching versus vertebral body matching: Dosimetric impact of patient positioning in carbon ion radiotherapy for primary hepatic cancer

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• 作者：Satoshi Abe^a ; Yoshiki Kubota^b ; ^{y_kubota@gunma-u.ac.jp} ; Kei Shibuya^c ; Yoshinori Koyama^c ; Takanori Abe^c ; Tatsuya Ohno^b ; Takashi Nakano^b ; ^c
• 关键词：Carbon ion radiotherapy ; Hepatic cancer ; Fiducial marker matching ; Vertebral body matching
• 刊名：Physica Medica
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：33
• 期：Complete
• 页码：114-120
• 全文大小：1588 K
• 卷排序：33

文摘

Marker matching and vertebral body matching were evaluated for effectiveness. They were performed for 20 cases of primary hepatic cancer in carbon ion therapy. Eight cases with vertebral body matching were not clinically acceptable. All cases with marker matching were clinically acceptable. Marker matching was more robust than vertebral body matching.