Integration of PET-CT and cone-beam CT for image-guided radiotherapy with high image quality and registration accuracy

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Wu, T H ^a   Liang, C H ^b   Wu, J K ^c   Lien, C Y ^d   Yang, B H ^d   Huang, Y H ^e   Lee, J J S ^d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Agfa Healthcare Systems Taiwan Co Ltd   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data processing methods; Image reconstruction in medical imaging; Gamma camera, SPECT, PET PET CT, coronary CT angiography (CTA); Radiotherapy concepts

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING METHODS; GAMMA CAMERAS; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; REGISTRATION ACCURACY;

ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 71049160747     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/07/P07006     Document Type: Article

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