Optimization of megavoltage CT scan registration settings for thoracic cases on helical tomotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 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

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE FUSION; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; LUNG CANCER; RESIDUAL ERROR;

IMAGE REGISTRATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG CANCER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC CAVITY;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547131810     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/15/N04     Document Type: Article

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