A technique for reducing patient setup uncertainties by aligning and verifying daily positioning of a moving tumor using implanted fiducials

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 110-122

  Nelson, Christopher ^a   Balter, Peter ^a   Morice, Rodolfo C ^a   Choi, Bum ^a   Kudchadker, Rajat J ^a   Bucci, Kara ^a   Chang, Joe Y ^a   Dong, Lei ^a   Tucker, Susan ^a   Vedam, Sastry ^a   Briere, Tina ^a   Starkschall, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cine imaging; Image guided patient setup; Implanted fiducials; Kilovoltage imaging; Lung tumors

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049111936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v9i4.2766     Document Type: Article

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