Synchronized tumour tracking with electromagnetic transponders and kV x-ray imaging: Evaluation based on a thorax phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3789-3805

  Rau, A W ^a   Nill, S ^a   Eidens, R S ^b   Oelfke, U ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Calypso Medical Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TARGETS; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; DYNAMIC TARGETS; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPONDERS; IMAGE-PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; MOBILE TARGETS; ORGAN MOTION; TARGET MOTIONS; THORAX PHANTOM; TRACKING SYSTEMS; TUMOURS; X RAY IMAGES; X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS;

TARGET TRACKING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG TUMOR; MACHINE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47649105316     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/14/006     Document Type: Article

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