Quantitative evaluation of a cone-beam computed tomography-planning computed tomography deformable image registration method for adaptive radiation therapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 96-113

  Lawson, Joshua D ^a   Schreibmann, Eduard ^a   Jani, Ashesh B ^a   Fox, Tim ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Deformable registration; Image guided radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049151246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i4.2432     Document Type: Article

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