Initial application of a geometric QA tool for integrated MV and kV imaging systems on Trilogy, Synergy, and Vero

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 358-361

  Mao, Weihua ^a   Speiser, Michael ^a   Medin, Paul ^a   Papiez, Lech ^a   Solberg, Timothy ^a   Xing, Lei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric calibration; Image guidance; kV imaging; MV imaging; QA

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RIGID STRUCTURES; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; GEOMETRIC ACCURACY; GEOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; IMAGE GUIDANCES; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STOCKHOLM , SWEDEN; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 77950381177     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9_101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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