Computerized method for estimation of the location of a lung tumor on EPID cine images without implanted markers in stereotactic body radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 665-677

  Arimura, H ^a   Egashira, Y ^b   Shioyama, Y ^c   Nakamura, K ^d   Yoshidome, S ^e   Anai, S ^e   Nomoto, S ^c   Honda, H ^c   Toyofuku, F ^a   Higashida, Y ^a   Onizuka, Y ^a   Terashima, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINE IMAGES; COMPUTERIZED METHODS; CROSS-CORRELATION VALUES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; GRAY LEVELS; LOCATION ERRORS; LUNG TUMORS; MANUAL METHODS; NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCERS; PIXEL SIZES; REGION-GROWING TECHNIQUES; SAMPLING RATES; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPIES; TEMPLATE IMAGES; TEMPLATE MATCHING TECHNIQUES; THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PIXELS; RADIOTHERAPY; TEMPLATE MATCHING;

TUMORS;

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 63649162853     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/3/013     Document Type: Article

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