Robotic delivery of complex radiation volumes for small animal research

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2056-2061

  Matinfar, Mohammad ^a   Iordachita, Iulian ^a   Wong, John ^b   Kazanzides, Peter ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRANSLATION; COMPLETE SYSTEM; COMPLEX SHAPES; CONEBEAM CT; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DOSE IRRADIATION; FOCUSED BEAMS; HIGH DOSE; IMAGE GUIDANCES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; RADIATION DELIVERY; RADIATION FIELD; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; ROBOTIC CONTROLS; SMALL ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RESEARCH; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955807442     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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