Development of an integral test for image-guided radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3500-3505

  Rowbottom, Carl G ^a,b   Jaffray, David A ^a,c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MOSFET DEVICES; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TESTING; X RAYS;

DELIVERY SYSTEMS; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTEGRAL SYSTEMS; STATIONARY OBJECTS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PHANTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17144374428     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1813874     Document Type: Article

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