Image quality and stability of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) devices: A comparative study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Stock, Markus ^a   Pasler, Marlies ^a   Birkfellner, Wolfgang ^a   Homolka, Peter ^a   Poetter, Richard ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

CBCT; IGRT; Image quality; Long term stability; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; DELRIN; POLITEF; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349310249     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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