Nouf Abuhadi

Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, College of Medical Radiological Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Albaladia Street, Khartoum, Sudan

Publications

• Research Article   
  Study of lung respiratory motion influence in patients undertake external beam radiotherapy
  Author(s): Yousif Abdallah*, Nouf Abuhadi, Elabbas Ebaid, Bahaeldin Atta, Abdulrahman M. Alzandi and Tariq Alqahtani
  
  Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate how respiration influences the motion of lung and pancreas tumours and to relate the observations to treatment procedures intended to improve dose alignment by predicting the moving tumour’s position from external breathing indicators. Methods: Breathing characteristics for five healthy subjects were observed by optically tracking the displacement of the chest and abdomen, and by measuring tidal air volume with a spirometer. Fluoroscopic imaging of five radiotherapy patients detected the motion of lung and pancreas tumours synchronously with external and internal breathing indicators. Results: The mean age of the patients in this study was 54.6+9.1 years. 70% of the patients were males and 30% were females. The external and fluoroscopic data showed a wide range of behaviour in the normal breathing pattern and its effects on the.. Read More»
  

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