Four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (4D-MRI) using image-based respiratory surrogate: A feasibility study

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6384-6394

  Cai, Jing ^a   Chang, Zheng ^a   Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Paul Segars, William ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4D CT; 4D MRI; cine MRI; respiratory motion; tumor motion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TUMORS;

CINE-MRI; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (4D-CT); MOTION TRAJECTORIES; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; RESPIRATORY SURROGATES; TUMOR MOTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 82755198800     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3658737     Document Type: Article

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