[Sonographic determination of the irradiated pulmonary volume in case of irradiation of the thoracic wall].
In order to determine the irradiated pulmonary volume, comparative examinations by sonography and computed tomography were made in ten patients submitted to postoperative radiotherapy for mammary carcinoma. The physical and anatomical conditions of sonographic volumetry are discussed. In all cases irradiated with tangential contralateral fields, the irradiated pulmonary volume was less than 200 ccm (118 ccm on an average). The sonographic results did not differ essentially from those of computed tomography, so that the sonographic examination can be offered as a simple and sufficiently precise method of documentation within the frame of an individual therapy planning.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008433:Mathematics; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Sonographische Bestimmung des bestrahlten Lungenvolumens bei Radiatio der Thoraxwand.