Tracking accuracy of a real-time fiducial tracking system for patient positioning and monitoring in radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1227-1234

  Shchory, Tal ^a   Schifter, Dan ^b   Lichtman, Rinat ^b   Neustadter, David ^a   Corn, Benjamin W ^b  

^a Navotek Medical Ltd   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fiducial; Monitoring; Positioning; Real time; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; ABSOLUTE POSITION; BREATHING PHANTOMS; FIDUCIAL; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FIXED COORDINATE SYSTEMS; GANTRY ANGLES; ISOCENTERS; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSITIONING; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIOACTIVE MARKERS; REAL TIME; REAL TIME MONITORING; REAL TIME TRACKING; SPATIAL ACCURACY; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC SOURCES; TARGET LOCALIZATION; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PHANTOM; TRACKING; TRACKING ACCURACY; TRACKING DEVICES; TRACKING SYSTEM; TRACKING TECHNOLOGY;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONITORING; NAVIGATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNOLOGY;

TARGET TRACKING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME FIDUCIAL TRACKING SYSTEM; BREATHING; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 77958465057     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.01.067     Document Type: Article

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