Computerized method for measurement of displacement vectors of target positions on EPID cine images in stereotactic radiotherapy

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6512, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Arimura, Hidetaka ^a   Anai, Shigeo ^b   Yoshidome, Satoshi ^b   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^c   Shioyama, Yoshiyuki ^c   Nomoto, Satoshi ^c   Honda, Hiroshi ^c   Onizuka, Yoshihiko ^a   Terashima, Hiromi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer assisted radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiotherapy; Target displacement vectors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE (EPID); STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET DISPLACEMENT VECTORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 36249001176     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.709011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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