Potential and limitations of the automatic detection of fiducial markers using an amorphous silicon flat-panel imager

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 763-774

  Buck, D ^a   Alber, M ^a   Nusslin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; VISUALIZATION;

IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY (IGRT);

FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS;

SILICON; TUNGSTEN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; BONE STRUCTURE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FILTER; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKIN;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0037459543     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/6/305     Document Type: Article

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