A method for more efficient source localization of interstitial implants with biplane radiographs

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1229-1234

  Cai, Jialing ^a   Chu, James C H ^a   Saxena, V Amod ^a   Lanzl, Lawrence H ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial implant; Source localization

Indexed keywords

LOCATION;

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; MINIMIZATION METHODS; PATH LENGTH; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; SAME POINTS; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; USER NEED;

RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; IMPLANT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030800196     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598145     Document Type: Article

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