Initial clinical experience with a video-based patient positioning system

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 205-213

  Johnson, L S ^a   Milliken, B D ^a   Hadley, S W ^a   Pelizzari, C A ^a   Haraf, D J ^a   Chen, G T Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Electronic portal imaging; Head and neck; Immobilization; Patient positioning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PHYSICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0032776785     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00182-0     Document Type: Article

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