Optimization of megavoltage CT scan registration settings for brain cancer treatments on tomotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Woodford, Curtis ^a   Yartsev, Slav ^a   Van Dyk, Jake ^a  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

CT IMAGE SETS; HI-ART TOMOTHERAPY SYSTEMS; MEGAVOLTAGE CT (MVCT); OPTIMAL CLINICAL ACCURACY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34147142294     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/8/N04     Document Type: Article

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