A multiple points method for 4D CT image sorting

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 656-667

  Gianoli, Chiara ^a   Riboldi, Marco ^a   Spadea, Maria Francesca ^b   Travaini, Laura Lavinia ^c   Ferrari, Mahila ^c   Mei, Riccardo ^c   Orecchia, Roberto ^c,d   Baroni, Guido ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

Author keywords

4D CT imaging; 4D CT sorting method; multiple markers

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; PHANTOMS; REDUCTION; SORTING;

CLUSTER INITIALIZATION; CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CT IMAGING; MULTIDIMENSIONAL CLUSTERING; MULTIPLE MARKERS; PHASE IDENTIFICATION; SORTING METHOD;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551674560     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3538921     Document Type: Article

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