A CT based correction method for speed of sound aberration for ultrasound based image guided radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2665-2673

  Fontanarosa, Davide ^a   Van Der Meer, Skadi ^b   Harris, Emma ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Tecnologie Avanzate   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT imaging; distance error; IGRT; radiotherapy; speed of sound; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CONTAINERS; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SALINE WATER; SUNFLOWER OIL; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; CT IMAGING; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; IGRT; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; SPATIAL REGISTRATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 79959536157     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3583475     Document Type: Article

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