Kilovoltage imaging is more suitable than megavoltage imaging for guiding radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4563-4566

  Xing, Lei ^a   Chang, Jenghwa ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X RAY ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36649025436     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2799489     Document Type: Review

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