Automatic setup deviation measurements with electronic portal images for pelvic fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 7 I, 1998, Pages 1180-1185

  Girouard, L M ^a   Pouliot, J ^a   Maldague, X ^b   Zaccarin, A ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic verification algorithm; Electronic portal imaging; Image processing; Prostate treatment

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHANTOMS; STATISTICS; UROLOGY;

AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; DEVIATION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE TREATMENT;

DISEASES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0031865191     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598296     Document Type: Article

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