Megavoltage computed tomography: An emerging tool for image-guided radiotherapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Hong, Theodore S ^a   Welsh, James S ^a,b   Ritter, Mark A ^a   Harari, Paul M ^a   Jaradat, Hazim ^a   Mackie, T Rockwell ^a   Mehta, Minesh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UW Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiation therapy; IMRT; Megavoltage CT; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 37349102674     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3180546770     Document Type: Article

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