Geometric accuracy of a novel gimbals based radiation therapy tumor tracking system

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Depuydt, Tom ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Haas, Olivier ^b   Gevaert, Thierry ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^a   Duchateau, Michael ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Reynders, Truus ^a   Leysen, Katrien ^a   Hoogeman, Mischa ^c   Storme, Guy ^a   Ridder, Mark De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Real time tumor tracking; Tracking error

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DIGITAL IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; ROBOTICS; TUMOR SCINTISCANNING; VERO SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952448789     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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