Technical note: A deformable phantom for dynamic modeling in radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 199-201

  Kashani, Rojano ^a   Lam, Kwok ^a   Litzenberg, Dale ^a   Balter, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

4D computed tomography; 4D phantom; Deformation; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMIC IMAGING; ORGAN MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STANDARD COMPONENTS; TECHNICAL NOTES; TOMOGRAPHIC;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845920013     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2400612     Document Type: Article

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