Validation of image registration and fusion of MV CBCT and planning CT for radiotherapy treatment planning

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-447

  Thomas, T Hannah Mary ^a   Devakumar, D ^a   Balukrishna, S ^a   Godson, Henry Finlay ^a   Ravindran, B Paul ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fusion; Megavoltage cone beam CT; Planning CT; Registration; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THERAPY; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; CBCT IMAGES; CONE-BEAM CT; CONFORMITY INDEX; CT IMAGE; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; INTENSITY-BASED REGISTRATION; MEGAVOLTAGE; MEGAVOLTAGE CONE-BEAM CT; METAL IMPLANTS; PLANNING CT; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; REGISTRATION; SOFT TISSUE; THERAPY PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; FUSION REACTIONS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84856209856     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-011-0092-2     Document Type: Article

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