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Dynamic Lung Tumor Tracking for Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy
 

Dynamic Lung Tumor Tracking for Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy

Article DOI: 10.3791/52875
June 7th, 2015

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Summary June 7th, 2015

Stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy (SBRT) involves the precise delivery of high-dose radiation to cancer tumor targets. A novel SBRT platform offers a first-of-its-kind gimbaled radiation accelerator mounted within a pivoting O-ring gantry capable of dynamic image-guided tumor tracking. Here, we describe dynamic tumor tracking for lung targets.

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