Interactive image registration tool for positioning verification in head and neck radiotherapy

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-100

  Jiang, Ching Fen ^a   Lu, Ti Cheng ^a   Sun, Shuh Ping ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Generalized Hough transform; Image registration; Patient setup; Portal image; Radiotherapy; Simulator image

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY; VERIFICATION;

GENERALIZED HOUGH TRANSFORM; PATIENT SETUP; PORTAL IMAGE; SIMULATOR IMAGE;

IMAGE REGISTRATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 37049015129     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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