Application of asymmetric cone-beam CT in radiotherapy

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3249-3252

  Yu, Lifeng ^a   Pelizzari, Charles ^a   Pan, Xiaochuan ^a   Riem, Heinrich ^b   Munro, Peter ^c   Kaissl, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (Switzerland)

^c VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Cone beam CT; Image reconstruction; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CONFIGURATION; FLAT PLANAR IMAGER (FPI); PLANNING TARGET VOLUME (PTV); RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM;

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844460347     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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