"Augmented reality" in conventional simulation by projection of 3-D structures into 2-D images: A comparison with virtual methods

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-99

  Deutschmann, Heinz ^a,b   Steininger, Philipp ^b,c   Nairz, Olaf ^a,b   Kopp, Peter ^a   Merz, Florian ^a   Wurstbauer, Karl ^a   Zehentmayr, Franz ^a,b   Fastner, Gerd ^a,b   Kranzinger, Manfred ^a   Kametriser, Gerhard ^a   Kopp, Michael ^a   Sedlmayer, Felix ^a,b  

^a University Clinic for Radiotherapy and Radio Oncology   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Conventional simulation; IGRT; Safety margins; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; PROSTATE; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 38949092101     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1742-5     Document Type: Article

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