Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Halil Küçücük

Publications

• Research Article
  Monitoring the Maintainability of Deep Inspiration Phase with Cine Acquisition in Patients with Left-Sided Breast Carcinoma Receiving Radiotherapy
  Author(s): Evren Ozan Göksel, Öznur Şenkesen, Evrim Tezcanli, Melahat Garipagaoglu, Halil Küçücük, Meriç Sengoz and Işık AslayEvren Ozan Göksel, Öznur Şenkesen, Evrim Tezcanli, Melahat Garipagaoglu, Halil Küçücük, Meriç Sengoz and Işık Aslay
  
  Objectives: This prospective study aimed to investigate whether left-sided breast carcinoma patients could maintain deep inspiration (DI) during radiotherapy in order to reduce exposed heart volume. Methods: Twenty-one patients with left breast carcinoma receiving adjuvant breast radiotherapy were included in this study. Breath hold time was monitored using the cine acquisition mode (CAM) of a linear accelerator during treatment in every fraction. Simulated kV and treatment field images were compared to determine whether the patient could achieve the same “breath holding level” (BHD). Maintenance of BHD during beam on time was referred as “maintenance of intrafraction breath holding level” (BHM), and chest wall displacement during each treatment was measured in order to verify the BHM. F.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000141

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