Clinical Evaluation of Positioning Verification Using Digital Tomosynthesis and Bony Anatomy and Soft Tissues for Prostate Image-Guided Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 296-305

  Yoo, Sua ^a   Wu, Q Jackie ^a   Godfrey, Devon ^a   Yan, Hui ^a   Ren, Lei ^a   Das, Shiva ^a   Lee, William R ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Digital tomosynthesis; Image guided radiotherapy; Positioning verification; Prostate image guided radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VECTORS;

BONY ANATOMIES; CLINICAL EVALUATIONS; CONE BEAMS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS; IMAGE SETS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING DOSES; MEAN VECTORS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIONING VERIFICATION; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATE IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE IMAGES; REFERENCE IMAGES; SCANNING TIMES; SOFT TISSUES; TARGET LOCALIZATIONS;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 57649095371     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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