Technological approaches to in-room CBCT imaging

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-179

  Steinke, M F ^a   Bezak, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Cone beam computed tomography; Image quality; Image guided radiation therapy; Imaging dose

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; IMAGING DOSE; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RECONSTRUCTION SOFTWARE; SECONDARY CANCER RISK;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 54449098268     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179341     Document Type: Review

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