Influence of retrospective sorting on image quality in respiratory correlated computed tomography

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-231

  Guckenberger, Matthias ^a   Weininger, Markus ^b   Wilbert, Juergen ^a   Richter, Anne ^a   Baier, Kurt ^a   Krieger, Thomas ^a   Polat, Buelent ^a   Flentje, Michael ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude based sorting; Phase based sorting; Respiratory correlated computed tomography (4D CT); Respiratory motion; Retrospective sorting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE BASED SORTING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYCLE BASED ALGORITHM; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTION ARTIFACT; PHASE BASED ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATORY CORRELATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 36448988289     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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