Detailed analysis of latencies in image-based dynamic MLC racking

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4998-5005

  Poulsen, Per Rugaard ^a,b   Cho, Byungchul ^a,c   Sawant, Amit ^a   Ruan, Dan ^a   Keall, Paul J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dynamic MLC tracking; image guided radiotherapy; organ motion compensation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MOTION COMPENSATION; PHANTOMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TARGET TRACKING;

DYNAMIC MLC TRACKING; IMAGE BASED TRACKING; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING WORKSTATIONS; INFORMATION FLOWS; REAL-TIME DYNAMICS; TARGET LOCALIZATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MOTION TRACKING;

MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEOPLASMS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TIME;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956301429     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3480504     Document Type: Article

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