An adaptive approach to metal artifact reduction in helical computed tomography for radiation therapy treatment planning: Experimental and clinical studies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1224-1231

  Yazdia, Mehran ^a   Gingras, Luc ^a,b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Metal artifact; Projection interpolation; Prostate; Therapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INTERPOLATION; PROSTHETICS; REDUCTION; TOXICITY;

CALIBRATION PHANTOM; METAL ARTIFACTS; METAL IMPLANT DETECTION; METALLIC HIP PROSTHESES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLADDER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPLANT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTHESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; RELIABILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; METALS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244471813     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.052     Document Type: Article

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