A novel flexible framework with automatic feature correspondence optimization for nonrigid registration in radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2848-2859

  Vásquez Osorio, Eliana M ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Bondar, Luiza ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomical changes; Cervix cancer; Head and neck cancer; Nonrigid registration; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; UROLOGY;

ANATOMICAL CHANGES; CERVIX CANCERS; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; PROSTATE CANCERS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRATION; TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 67649580644     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3134242     Document Type: Article

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