Comparison of 2D Radiographic Images and 3D Cone Beam Computed Tomography for Positioning Head-and-Neck Radiotherapy Patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 916-925

  Li, Heng ^a   Zhu, X Ronald ^a   Zhang, Lifei ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Tung, Sam ^a   Ahamad, Anesa ^a   Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Morrison, William H ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Schwartz, David L ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Head and neck cancer; Positioning accuracy

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMOPLASTICS;

HEAD AND NECK CANCER; POSITIONING ACCURACY; THERMOPLASTIC MASKS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 44449171854     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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