Quality Assurance for the Geometric Accuracy of Cone-Beam CT Guidance in Radiation Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Bissonnette, Jean Pierre ^a   Moseley, Doug ^a   White, Elizabeth ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^a   Purdie, Tom ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Geometric accuracy; Image guidance

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY TUBES;

CONE BEAM CT; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; IMAGE GUIDANCE; RIGID PHANTOMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 41749120786     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.086     Document Type: Article

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