On the use of C-arm fluoroscopy for treatment planning in high dose rate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2297-2302

  Liu, Lizhong ^a   Bassano, Daniel A ^a   Prasad, Satish C ^a   Keshler, Bonnie L ^a   Hahn, Seung S ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

C arm; Fluoroscopy; High dose rate brachytherapy; Image distortion; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRICAL INFORMATIONS; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IMAGE DISTORTIONS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RECONSTRUCTION ACCURACY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHAENACTIS;

EID: 0141521412     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1598851     Document Type: Article

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