A comparison between amplitude sorting and phase-angle sorting using external respiratory measurement for 4D CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2964-2974

  Lu, Wei ^a   Parikh, Parag J ^a   Hubenschmidt, James P ^a   Bradley, Jeffrey D ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; Amplitude; Phase; Radiotherapy; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SORTING; TUMORS;

AMPLITUDE; CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4D-CT); PHASE; RECONSTRUCTION ARTIFACTS; RESPIRATORY MEASUREMENTS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; STEREOTACTIC BODY FRAME;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHALATION; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; INHALATION; LUNG CANCER; MOTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHASE ANGLE SORTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33746625978     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2219772     Document Type: Article

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