Enhanced Surface Registration Techniques for Patient Positioning Control in Breast Cancer Radiotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-58

  Riboldi, M ^a   Baroni, G ^a   Orecchia, R ^b   Pedotti, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERROR; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LASER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PARAMETER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SKIN SURFACE; STERNUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 1342344040     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460400300106     Document Type: Article

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