Comparison of Rigid and Adaptive Methods of Propagating Gross Tumor Volume Through Respiratory Phases of Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Image Data Set

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 290-296

  Ezhil, Muthuveni ^a   Choi, Bum ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Bucci, M Kara ^a   Vedam, Sastry ^a   Balter, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; Adaptive propagation; Computed tomography; Four dimensional; Rigid body registration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

ADAPTIVE PROPAGATION; FOUR DIMENSIONAL; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4D CT); RIGID BODY REGISTRATION;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; EXHALATION; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 41749088071     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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