Validation of an accelerated 'demons' algorithm for deformable image registration in radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2887-2905

  Wang, He ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   O'Daniel, Jennifer ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a   Kian Ang, K ^a   Kuban, Deborah A ^a   Bonnen, Mark ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a   Cheung, Rex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEFORMATION; INSPECTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ADAPTIVE FORCE STRENGTH ADJUSTMENT; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE; LUNG CANCER; PELVIC PHANTOMS;

IMAGE RETRIEVAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20044387033     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/12/011     Document Type: Article

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