Application of video imaging for improvement of patient set-up

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Ploeger, Lennert S ^a   Frenay, Michel ^a   Betgen, Anja ^a   De Bois, Josien A ^a   Gilhuijs, Kenneth G A ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Patient set up; Prostate cancer; Set up verification; Video imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INGUINAL REGION; IRRADIATION; LASER; MALE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEORECORDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 1542781324     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00230-5     Document Type: Article

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