Development of a novel post-processing treatment planning platform for 4D radiotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Lin, Lan ^a,b   Shi, Chengyu ^a,b   Liu, Yaxi ^a,b   Swanson, Gregory ^c   Papanikolaou, Nikos ^a,b,c  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

4D radiotherapy; Deformable registration; Organ motion; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 42349104312     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700205     Document Type: Article

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