Estimation of Setup Uncertainty Using Planar and MVCT Imaging for Gynecologic Malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1511-1517

  Santanam, Lakshmi ^a   Esthappan, Jacqueline ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Klein, Eric E ^a   Goddu, S Murty ^a   Chaudhari, Summer ^a   Wahab, Sasha ^a   El Naqa, Issam M ^a   Low, Daniel A ^a   Grigsby, Perry W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cancer; Image guidance; MVCT imaging; Planar imaging; Setup uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CLINICAL TARGET VOLUME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS; EXTERNAL BEAMS; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES; HIGH-QUALITY; IMAGE GUIDANCE; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE REGISTRATION ALGORITHM; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; MVCT IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLANAR IMAGING; POSITION UNCERTAINTIES; POST TREATMENTS; PROSPECTI VE STUDY; SECOND GROUP; SETUP ERRORS; SETUP UNCERTAINTY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOTHERAPY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 47149085070     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.070     Document Type: Article

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