A monoscopic method for real-time tumour tracking using combined occasional x-ray imaging and continuous respiratory monitoring

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2837-2855

  Cho, Byungchul ^a,b   Suh, Yelin ^a,c   Dieterich, Sonja ^a   Keall, Paul J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MONITORING; RESPIRATORS; TARGETS; TISSUE; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

AND REAL TIME; CORRELATION MODELING; RESPIRATORY MONITORING; TARGET COORDINATES; TARGET POSITIONING; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TWO STEP PROCEDURE; X-RAY IMAGERS; X-RAY IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; THORAX CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RESPIRATION;

EID: 45749084084     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/11/006     Document Type: Article

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