On-Board Patient Positioning for Head-and-Neck IMRT: Comparing Digital Tomosynthesis to Kilovoltage Radiography and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 598-606

  Wu, Q Jackie ^a   Godfrey, Devon J ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Zhang, Junan ^a   Zhou, Sumin ^a   Yoo, Sua ^a   Brizel, David M ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CBCT; Cone beam computed tomography; Digital tomosynthesis; DTS; Head and neck cancer; Image guided radiotherapy; On board imaging; Setup variation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548501324     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.045     Document Type: Article

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