Demonstration of a forward iterative method to reconstruct brachytherapy seed configurations from x-ray projections

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2715-2737

  Murphy, Martin J ^a   Todor, Dorin A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; C-ARM FLUOROSCOPES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; X-RAY PROJECTIONS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 20044362777     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/11/019     Document Type: Article

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