A simple method to quantify the coincidence between portal image graticules and radiation field centers or radiation isocenter

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2256-2263

  Du, Weiliang ^a   Yang, James ^a   Luo, Dershan ^a   Martel, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Graticule; Isocenter; Portal imaging; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED METHODS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; GRATICULE; ISOCENTERS; MECHANICAL IMPERFECTIONS; PORTAL IMAGING; REFERENCE POINTS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 77952357615     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3397452     Document Type: Article

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