Image-guided patient positioning: If one cannot correct for rotational offsets in external-beam radiotherapy setup, how should rotational offsets be managed?

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1880-1883

  Murphy, Martin J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided patient setup; Rigid registration

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

CORRECTION PROCEDURE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; OPTIMAL ALIGNMENTS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SETUP; RIGID REGISTRATION; ROTATIONAL DEGREES OF FREEDOM; TRANSLATIONAL COMPONENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; ROTATION;

EID: 34447321343     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2731485     Document Type: Article

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