Real-time 3D internal marker tracking during arc radiotherapy by the use of combined MV-kV imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7197-7213

  Liu, W ^a   Wiersma, R D ^a   Mao, W ^a   Luxton, G ^a   Xing, L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING (POSITION); TUMORS;

BEAM IMAGING; BREATHING PATTERNS; DELIVERY PROCESSES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPIES; EXTREME CASES; FRAME RATES; IMAGE GUIDANCES; PRACTICAL ISSUES; PROMISING TECHNIQUES; RADIATION THERAPIES; RMS ERRORS; ROBUST PROCEDURES; SPATIAL ACCURACIES; SYSTEM CALIBRATIONS; TARGETING ACCURACIES; TIME TRACKING; TRACKING SYSTEMS; TRANSFORMATION PARAMETERS; TUMOR MOTIONS; WORLD COORDINATES;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

MARKER;

ARC RADIOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CALIBRATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MOTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRIANGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149214088     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/24/013     Document Type: Article

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