Combining magnetic and optical tracking for computer aided therapy

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-194

  Muench, Ralph K ^a   Blattmann, Hans ^a   Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^b   Bley, Carla Rohrer ^b   Seiler, Paul G ^a   Sumova, Andrea ^a   Verwey, Jorn ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Magnetic tracking; Optical tracking; TULOC; Tumor tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; EDDY COVARIANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; EYE TRACKING; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSOR; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 4544324831     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00219     Document Type: Article

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