Image guidance for precise conformal radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-105

  Mackie, Thomas Rockwell ^a,c,d   Kapatoes, Jeff ^c   Ruchala, Ken ^c   Lu, Weiguo ^c   Wu, Chuan ^a   Olivera, Gustavo ^a,c   Forrest, Lisa ^b   Tome, Wolfgang ^a   Welsh, Jim ^a   Jeraj, Robert ^a   Harari, Paul ^a   Reckwerdt, Paul ^c   Paliwal, Bhudatt ^a,b   Ritter, Mark ^a   Keller, Harry ^a   Fowler, Jack ^a   Mehta, Minesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE;

IMAGE GUIDANCE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345701463     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00090-7     Document Type: Article

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