ExacTrac X-ray 6 degree-of-freedom image-guidance for intracranial non-invasive stereotactic radiotherapy: Comparison with kilo-voltage cone-beam CT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 602-608

  Ma, Jinli ^a,b   Chang, Zheng ^b   Wang, Zhiheng ^b   Jackie Wu, Q ^b   Kirkpatrick, John P ^b   Yin, Fang Fang ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; ExacTrac X ray 6D; IGRT; Intracranial non invasive stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449644869     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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