A method to analyze the cord geometrical uncertainties during head and neck radiation therapy using cone beam CT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-230

  Zeng, Grace G ^a   Breen, Stephen L ^a,b   Bayley, Andrew ^a,b   White, Elizabeth ^a   Keller, Harald ^a,b   Dawson, Laura ^a,b   Jaffray, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CBCT; H N radiation treatment; Setup uncertainties

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOVEMENT; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 59649118911     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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