A phantom study on the positioning accuracy of the Novalis Body system

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3052-3060

  Yan, Hui ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Kim, Jae Ho ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracranial radiosurgery; Image guided therapy; Novalis Body system; Patient positioning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY; VIDEO CAMERAS; WATER TANKS;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; EXTRACRANIAL RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; NOVALIS BODY SYSTEM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES;

PHANTOMS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATION; X RAY;

EID: 0347625753     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1626122     Document Type: Article

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