A noninvasive eye fixation and computer-aided eye monitoring system for linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiotherapy of uveal melanoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1128-1136

  Bogner, Joachim ^a,b   Petersch, Bernhard ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Dieckmann, Karin ^a   Zehetmayer, Martin ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Noninvasive eye fixation technique; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

EYE FIXATION;

ONCOLOGY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EYE DISEASE; EYE FIXATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RADIOBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 0037710389     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00280-3     Document Type: Article

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