Robust frameless stereotactic localization in extra-cranial radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1141-1152

  Riboldi, Marco ^a   Baroni, Guido ^a   Spadea, Maria Francesca ^a   Bassanini, Fabio ^a   Tagaste, Barbara ^b   Garibaldi, Cristina ^b   Orecchia, Roberto ^b,c   Pedotti, Antonio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extra cranial radiotherapy; Frameless stereotaxis; Localization accuracy; Patient positioning

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

FRAMELESS STEREOTAXIS; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; LOCALIZATION ALGORITHM; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEMS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POINT-BASED REGISTRATIONS; POSITION RECONSTRUCTION;

ERRORS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33645507949     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2181299     Document Type: Article

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