Digital tomosynthesis with an on-board kilovoltage imaging device

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-15

  Godfrey, Devon J ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Oldham, Mark ^a   Yoo, Sua ^a   Willett, Christopher ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Image guided radiotherapy; Patient positioning; Tomosynthesis; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

CONE-BEAM CT; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; TOMOSYNTHESIS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE TISSUE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646000817     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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