The effect of respiratory motion variability and tumor size on the accuracy of average intensity projection from four-dimensional computed tomography: An investigation based on dynamic MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4974-4981

  Cai, Jing ^a   Read, Paul W ^a   Sheng, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Average intensity projection; Four dimensional computed tomography; Internal target volume; Lung tumor motion; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHANTOMS; TUMORS;

AVERAGE INTENSITY PROJECTION; DYNAMIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4D-CT); INTERNAL TARGET VOLUME; INTRAFRACTIONAL MOTION; LUNG TUMOR; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMIC NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 54949144704     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2982245     Document Type: Article

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