Accurate technique for complete geometric calibration of cone-beam computed tomography systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 968-983

  Cho, Youngbin ^a   Moseley, Douglas J ^a   Siewerdsen, Jeffrey H ^b   Jaffray, David A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Flat panel detector; Geometric calibration; Image guidance; Linear accelerator; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIRE; X RAY DETECTORS;

CALIBRATION ALGORITHM; COMPLETE INFORMATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONEBEAM CT RECONSTRUCTION; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; GEOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; IMAGE GUIDANCES; SOURCE TRAJECTORIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 17844380035     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1869652     Document Type: Article

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