Digital radiotherapy simulator

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Cho, Paul S ^a   Lindsley, Karen L ^a   Douglas, James G ^a   Stelzer, Keith J ^a   Griffin, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Digital imaging; Digital spot imager; Radiotherapy simulator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DIGITAL RADIOTHERAPY SIMULATORS; DIGITAL SPOT IMAGER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031762261     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(97)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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