Accuracy of cranial coplanar beam therapy using an oblique, stereoscopic x-ray image guidance system

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3809-3819

  Vinci, Justin P ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a,b   Neck, Daniel W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic head phantom; Measured delivery accuracy; Stereotactic radiotherapy; X ray image guidance

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; RANDOM ERRORS; REMOTE CONTROL; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; IMAGE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MEASURED DELIVERY ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; X-RAY IMAGE;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM ERROR; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY FILM;

EID: 48349147615     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2955751     Document Type: Article

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