Detection of treatment setup errors between two CT scans for patients with head and neck cancer

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3233-3242

  Ezzell, Leah C ^a   Hansen, Eric K ^a   Quivey, Jeanne M ^a   Xia, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Patient positioning; Setup errors

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ERRORS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SOFTWARE TESTING; STATISTICS;

HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; SETUP ERRORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34547485044     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2751074     Document Type: Article

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