On-board four-dimensional digital tomosynthesis: First experimental results

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3574-3583

  Maurer, Jacqueline ^a   Godfrey, Devon ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Digital tomosynthesis; Four dimensional imaging; On board imaging; Radiation therapy; Respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACQUISITION PARAMETERS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; ON BOARD IMAGING; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; THEORETICAL DERIVATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349092152     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2953561     Document Type: Article

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