Procedures for high precision setup verification and correction of lung cancer patients using CT-simulation and digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRR)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 804-810

  Van Sörnsen De Koste, John R ^a   De Boer, Hans C J ^a   Schuchhard Schipper, Regine H ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digitally reconstructed radiograph; Lung cancer; Margins; Radiotherapy; Setup verification; Simulator film

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES; SKIN; TUMORS;

TREATMENT ISOCENTER;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0346668284     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04285-2     Document Type: Article

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