Open AccessTumour in full motion; inspiration gating versus free breathing
Author(s) -
Rains M
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
radiographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 0033-8273
DOI - 10.1002/j.2051-3909.2010.tb00127.x
Subject(s) - breathing , gating , medicine , lung cancer , radiation therapy , anesthesia , surgery , physiology
This case study compares and evaluates two treatment techniques for a lung cancer patient diagnosed with T1N0M0 non‐small cell lung carcinoma. Radiotherapy is planned to be delivered either without gating, i.e. during the patient's normal free breathing or to be delivered gated at the inspiration portion of the patient's respiratory cycle.