The researchers plan to investigate two ways of visualizing and planning to account for the respiratory motion which takes place while treating lung tumors with radiation therapy. The researchers will determine if a traditional snapshot (free-breathing) CT or a longer-lasting CT encompassing the breathing cycle better matches a patient's breathing during treatment.
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To investigate radiation therapy treatment tumor localization accuracy by determining whether the FB or AIP images is more representative of the target at treatment.
Timeframe: 2 weeks