Reconstruction of a time-averaged midposition CT scan for radiotherapy planning of lung cancer patients using deformable registrationa

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3998-4011

  Wolthaus, J W H ^a   Sonke, J J ^a   Van Herk, M ^a   Damen, E M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4D CT; Deformable registration; Lung cancer; Midposition; Midventilation; Respiration correlated; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; IMAGE REGISTRATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; LUNG CANCER; MIDPOSITION; MIDVENTILATION; RESPIRATION-CORRELATED; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 50449101752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2966347     Document Type: Article

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