A method for determining the gantry angle for megavoltage beam imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 566-569

  Sillanpaa, J ^a   Chang, J ^a   Amols, H ^a   Mageras, G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BEAM IMAGING; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGER; FIDUCIAL MARKER; GANTRY ANGLES; LEAF POSITION; MEGA-VOLTAGE CONE BEAM; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PROJECTION IMAGE;

IMAGE ACQUISITION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; GANTRY ANGLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 14644417129     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1854776     Document Type: Article

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