Numerical analysis of a model of organ motion using serial imaging measurements from prostate radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2337-2358

  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; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ORGAN MOTION MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MOTION; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0034826907     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/9/305     Document Type: Article

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