Automatic registration between reference and on-board digital tomosynthesis images for positioning verification

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 664-672

  Ren, Lei ^a,b   Godfrey, Devon J ^a   Yan, Hui ^a   Wu, Q Jackie ^a,b   Yin, Fang Fang ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Digital tomosynthesis; Image guided radiation therapy; Image registration; On board imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; ROTATION; SEARCH ENGINES;

ADAPTIVE REGISTRATION METHODS; CONE-BEAM CT; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; NORMALIZED MUTUAL INFORMATION; ON BOARD IMAGING; RIGID BODY REGISTRATIONS; THE REGION OF INTEREST (ROI);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTRATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 38849190589     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2831903     Document Type: Article

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