Combined kV and MV imaging for real-time tracking of implanted fiducial markers

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1191-1198

  Wiersma, R D ^a   Mao, Weihua ^a   Xing, L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4D radiotherapy; EPID; Marker tracking; OBI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; DIAGNOSIS; TUMORS;

4D RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MARKER TRACKING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 41449112602     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2842072     Document Type: Article

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