Real-time tumor tracking using sequential kV imaging combined with respiratory monitoring: A general framework applicable to commonly used IGRT systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3299-3316

  Cho, Byungchul ^a,b   Poulsen, Per Rugaard ^a,c   Keall, Paul J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL IMAGES; CORRELATION MODELS; DATA SETS; ESTIMATION METHODS; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGERS; IMAGING CONFIGURATIONS; LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATION; MONOSCOPIC; POSITION ESTIMATION; REAL-TIME TUMOR TRACKING; RESPIRATORY MONITOR; RESPIRATORY MONITORING; RESPIRATORY SIGNALS; SEQUENTIAL IMAGES; SIMULATION STUDIES; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE; TARGET POSITION; TUMOR MOTION; TUMOR TRAJECTORY;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRACKING (POSITION); TUMORS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BREATHING; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952586429     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/12/003     Document Type: Article

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