Inter fractional variability of breathing phase definition as determined by fiducial location

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 753-763

  Killoran, Joseph H ^a   Allen, Aaron M ^a   Kann, Benjamin H ^a   Lyatskaya, Yulia ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; Gated radiotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LOCATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

4D RECONSTRUCTION; 4D-CT RECONSTRUCTION; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTERNAL SURFACES; GATED RADIOTHERAPY; REGION OF INTEREST; RESPIRATORY GATINGS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 38849181566     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2828197     Document Type: Article

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