Deriving motion from megavoltage localization cone beam computed tomography scans

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4195-4212

  Siochi, R Alfredo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDING BOX; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTREME POINTS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GATED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING GEOMETRY; MEAN ERRORS; MEGAVOLTAGE LOCALIZATION; PROJECTION DATA; TIME STAMPS;

TUNGSTEN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAPHRAGM; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70249132244     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/13/015     Document Type: Article

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