A simple algorithm for planar image registration in radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 824-829

  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

Image registration; Portal images; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPARISON STUDY; CURVATURE CALCULATION; CURVE REGISTRATION; FITTING PARAMETERS; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; PORTAL IMAGES; SIMPLE ALGORITHM; TRANSFORM MATRICES;

CURVE FITTING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION;

EID: 0031803362     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598292     Document Type: Article

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