A new algorithm for the registration of portal images to planning images in the verification of radiotherapy, as validated in prostate treatments

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2274-2281

  Jobse, Mark ^a   Davelaar, Jaap ^b   Hendriks, Emile ^a   Kattevilder, Rob ^b   Reiber, Hans ^b   Stoel, Berend ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATIENT MONITORING; UROLOGY;

AUTOMATIC MATCHING; AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION; CHAMFER MATCHING; CLINICAL PRACTICES; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; PROSTATE TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0141855416     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1592018     Document Type: Article

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