Quality Assurance of Ultrasound Imaging Systems for Target Localization and Online Setup Corrections

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a   Orton, Nigel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Cancer Care Northwest   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided therapy; Quality assurance; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; LOCALIZATION ACCURACY; ONLINE SETUP CORRECTIONS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASOUND;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 41749123732     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.088     Document Type: Article

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