Development and clinical implementation of an enhanced display algorithm for use in networked electronic portal imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1041-1053

  Van Den Heuvel, Frank ^a   Han, Ihn ^a   Chungbin, Suzanne ^a   Strowbridge, Amy ^a   Tekyi Mensah, Sam ^a   Ragan, Don P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Image quality; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032698079     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00291-6     Document Type: Article

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