Simulation of 3D-treatment plans in head and neck tumors aided by matching of digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRR) and on-line distortion corrected simulator images

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Lohr, Frank ^a   Schramm, Oliver ^a   Schraube, Peter ^a   Sroka Perez, Gabriele ^a   Seeber, Steffen ^b   Schlepple, Gerd ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^b   Wannenmacher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; Digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRR); Field placement error; Head and neck tumor; Image distortion correction; Radiotherapy simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031282216     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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