Implementation of Fiducial-Based Image Registration in the Cyberknife Robotic System

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-160

  Saw, Cheng B ^a   Chen, Hungcheng ^a   Wagner Jr , Henry ^a  

^a PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiducial marker; IGRT; Image fusion; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; ROBOTICS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOSURGERY; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 43049095712     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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