Positioning accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography in combination with a HexaPOD robot treatment table

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1220-1228

  Meyer, Jürgen ^a,b   Wilbert, Jürgen ^b   Baier, Kurt ^b   Guckenberger, Matthias ^b   Richter, Anne ^b   Sauer, Otto ^b   Flentje, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Hexapod robotic treatment table; Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT); Position accuracy; Translational and rotational errors

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; ROBOTICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONE-BEAM CT; HEXAPOD ROBOTIC TREATMENT TABLE; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY (IGRT); POSITION ACCURACY; ROTATIONAL ERRORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; X RAY;

HEAD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 33847306482     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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