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Active Breathing Coordinator-Mediated Radiation Therapy

Known as: ABC, Active Breathing Coordinator 
A method for reducing the amount of radiation dose delivered to non-target tissues. The technique involves teaching the patient to hold their breath… Expand
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
Lung volume reproducibility under ABC control and self‐sustained breath‐holding
&NA; An Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) can be employed to induce breath‐holds during CT imaging and radiotherapy of lung… Expand
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2015
2015
Active Breathing Coordinator reduces radiation dose to the heart and preserves local control in patients with left breast cancer: report of a prospective trial.
PURPOSE Incidental radiation dose to the heart and lung during breast radiation therapy (RT) has been associated with an… Expand
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2015
2015
Monitoring ABC-assisted deep inspiration breath hold for left-sided breast radiotherapy with an optical tracking system.
PURPOSE Recent knowledge on the effects of cardiac toxicity warrants greater precision for left-sided breast radiotherapy… Expand
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2014
2014
SPECT analysis of cardiac perfusion changes after whole-breast/chest wall radiation therapy with or without active breathing coordinator: results of a randomized phase 3 trial.
PURPOSE Cardiac muscle perfusion, as determined by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), decreases after breast and… Expand
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2012
2012
A dual centre study of setup accuracy for thoracic patients based on cone-beam CT data.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To compare setup uncertainties at two different institutions by using identical imaging and analysis… Expand
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2011
2011
The use of the Active Breathing Coordinator throughout radical non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) radiotherapy.
PURPOSE To assess feasibility and reproducibility of an Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) used throughout radical radiotherapy… Expand
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2011
2011
RapidArc combined with the active breathing coordinator provides an effective and accurate approach for the radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma
PurposeThe goal of this research was to investigate the feasibility of volumetric modulated arc therapy, RapidArc (RA), in… Expand
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2008
2008
Application of active breathing control in 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: the feasibility and benefit.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of utilizing active breathing coordinator (ABC) in 3DCRT… Expand
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2008
2008
On-line image guidance for frameless stereotactic radiotherapy of lung malignancies by cone beam CT: Comparison between target localization and alignment on bony anatomy
Introduction. Free-breathing stereotactic radiotherapy for lung malignancies requires reliable prediction of respiratory motion… Expand
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Reproducibility of liver position using active breathing coordinator for liver cancer radiotherapy.
PURPOSE To measure the intrabreath-hold liver motion and the intrafraction and interfraction reproducibility of liver position… Expand
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