CT and PET lung image registration and fusion in radiotherapy treatment planning using the chamfer-matching method

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 883-891

  Cai, Jialing ^a   Chu, James C H ^a   Recine, Diane ^a   Sharma, Maddie ^a   Nguyen, Cam ^a   Rodebaugh, Ray ^a   Saxena, V Amod ^a   Ali, Amjad ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Image registration; PET image; Radiotherapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG STRUCTURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PHYSICS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033000025     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00399-X     Document Type: Article

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