Accuracy of prostate radiation therapy using a fiducial point-pair registration technique based on the computer-assisted portal imaging quality assurance program PIPSpro

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-171

  Mermershtain, Wilmosh ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a   Krutman, Yanai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Portal images; Prostate; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038479991     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8461.2003.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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