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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
Technical note: real-time web-based wireless visual guidance system for radiotherapy
Describe a Web-based wireless visual guidance system that mitigates issues associated with hard-wired audio-visual aided patient… 
2017
2017
Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Techniques in the Radiotherapeutic Management of Left-Sided Breast Cancer-Active Breathing Coordinator vs. Voluntary Breath Hold
Purpose: Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) is a well-established method in reducing their radiation of the heart and lung when… 
2016
2016
SU-F-J-141: Real-Time Position Management (RPM) System as a Valuable Tool to Predict Tumor Position Deviation in SBRT Lung and Liver Patients with Breath Hold Using Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC…
PURPOSE ABC is a breath-hold technique for SBRT treatments. At our institution, three CTs with ABC are acquired at simulation to… 
Review
2015
Review
2015
A Retrospective Analysis of Lung Volume and Cardiac Dose in Left-Sided Whole Breast Radiotherapy.
2015
2015
A Pilot Study to Examine the Experiences of Left-Sided Breast Cancer Patients Using the Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) Device
2014
2014
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… 
2012
2012
A dual centre study of setup accuracy for thoracic patients based on cone-beam CT data.
2012
2012
Dosimetric differences among volumetric modulated arc radiotherapy (RapidArc) plans based on different target volumes in radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma
We investigated the dosimetric differences among volumetric-modulated arc radiotherapy (RapidArc, RA) plans designed for various… 
2012
2012
Poster - Thur Eve - 26: Interfraction reproducibility of heart position during breast irradiation using Active Breathing Control.
The moderate deep-inspiration breath hold (mDIBH) technique using the Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) from Elekta is used in… 
2011
2011
Comparison of Internal Target Volumes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Defined Using 3DCT with Active Breathing Coordinator and 4DCT
The aim of this paper is to study the feasibility for determining the individual internal target volume (ITV) for hepatocellular… 
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