Feasibility of geometrical verification of patient set-up using body contours and computed tomography data

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-233

  Ploeger, Lennert S ^a   Betgen, Anja ^a   Gilhuijs, Kenneth G A ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body contours; Head and neck cancer; Lung cancer; Patient set up; Set up verification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; SKIN;

EID: 0037295420     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00369-9     Document Type: Article

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