Using serial imaging data to model variabilities in organ position and shape during radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2317-2336

  Fontenla, E ^a   Pelizzari, C A ^a   Roeske, J C ^a   Chen, G T Y ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MOTION; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034819448     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/9/304     Document Type: Article

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