Multimodality image registration quality assurance for conformal three-dimensional treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 255-260

  Mutic, Sasa ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Bosch, Walter R ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Drzymala, Robert E ^a   Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Goddu, S Murty ^a   Cutler, P Duffy ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image fusion; Image registration; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

FUSION SOFTWARE; IMAGE REGISTRATION;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

COPPER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NITRATE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035451233     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01659-5     Document Type: Article

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