Dose-guided radiation therapy with megavoltage cone-beam CT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages

  Chen, J ^a   Morin, O ^a   Aubin, M ^a   Bucci, M K ^a   Chuang, C F ^a   Pouliot, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CALIBRATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750340181     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/60612178     Document Type: Review

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