Performance of a video-image-subtraction-based patient positioning system

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 855-866

  Milliken, Barrett D ^a,b   Rubin, Steven J ^a   Hamilton, Russell J ^a   Johnson, L Scott ^a   Chen, George T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal therapy; Patient positioning; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMPUTER TERMINALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0030839098     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00081-3     Document Type: Article

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