Technologies of image guidance and the development of advanced linear accelerator systems for radiotherapy

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 132-164

  Wu, Vincent W C ^c   Law, Maria Y Y ^c   Star Lack, Josh ^b   Cheung, Fion W K ^c,d   Ling, C Clifton ^a,b,c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYBERKNIFE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE GUIDANCE; IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

AIR NAVIGATION; ELECTROMAGNETS; HISTOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ACCELERATOR SYSTEM; CLINICAL APPLICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; NORMAL TISSUE; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958195879     PISSN: 00719676     EISSN: 16623789     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000322414     Document Type: Article

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