Evaluation of the precision of portal-image-guided head-and-neck localization: An intra- and interobserver study

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2704-2707

  Court, Laurence E ^a   Allen, Aaron ^a   Tishler, Roy ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Image guided; IMRT; Localization; Setup uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HEAD AND NECK; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMRT; LOCALIZATION; SETUP UNCERTAINTY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 34347404510     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2747050     Document Type: Article

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