Comparison of two immobilization techniques using portal film and digitally reconstructed radiographs for pediatric patients with brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1233-1240

  Zhu, Yunping ^a,b   Stovall Jr , John ^a   Butler, Laura ^a   Ji, Qing ^a   Gaber, M Waleed ^a   Samant, Sanjiv ^a   Sontag, Marc R ^a   De Armendi, Alberto J ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Research Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal; Digitally reconstructed radiographs; Immobilization; Patient position verification; Portal images; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; FILM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHYSICS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0034333180     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00733-1     Document Type: Article

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