Magnitude and clinical relevance of translational and rotational patient setup errors: A cone-beam CT study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 934-942

  Guckenberger, Matthias ^a   Meyer, Juergen ^a   Vordermark, Dirk ^a   Baier, Kurt ^a   Wilbert, Juergen ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Electronic portal imaging device; Rotational error; Setup error

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; ERRORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CONE-BEAM CT; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; ROTATIONAL ERROR; SETUP ERROR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; ROTATION; THORAX TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646924615     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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