Practically acquired and modified cone-beam computed tomography images for accurate dose calculation in head and neck cancer

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 633-644

  Hu, Chih Chung ^a,b   Huang, Wen Tao ^b   Tsai, Chiao Ling ^a   Wu, Jian Kuen ^a,c   Chao, Hsiao Ling ^a   Huang, Guo Ming ^a   Wang, Chun Wei ^a   Wu, Chien Jang ^c   Cheng, Jason Chia Hsien ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Dose calculation; Head and neck cancer; Linear accelerator; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PHANTOM;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 80755171188     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-2247-1     Document Type: Article

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