A gradient feature weighted Minimax algorithm for registration of multiple portal images to 3DCT volumes in prostate radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 535-547

  Chelikani, Sudhakar ^a   Purushothaman, Kailasnath ^a   Knisely, Jonathan ^a   Chen, Zhe ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a   Bansal, Ravi ^b   Duncan, James ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimodality image registration; NTCP; Patient positioning; Prostate radiotherapy; Tumor control probability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; TUMORS;

MULTIMODALITY IMAGE REGISTRATION; NTCP; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATE RADIOTHERAPY; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646237120     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.12.032     Document Type: Article

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