Core-based portal image registration for automatic radiotherapy treatment verification

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1287-1300

  Fritsch, Daniel S ^a   Chaney, Edward L ^a   Boxwala, Aziz ^a   McAuliffe, Matthew J ^a   Raghavan, Suraj ^a   Thall, Andrew ^a   Earnhart, John R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Image registration; Patient setup analysis; Portal images; Radiotherapy; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMAN; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028787374     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02092-6     Document Type: Article

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