Evaluation of a lung tumor autocontouring algorithm for intrafractional tumor tracking using low-field MRI: A phantom study

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1481-1494

  Yun, Jihyun ^a   Yip, Eugene ^a   Wachowicz, Keith ^a,b   Rathee, Satyapal ^a,b   MacKenzie, Marc ^a,b   Robinson, Don ^a,b   Fallone, B G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

intrafraction motion management; linac MR; lung tumor phantom; lung tumor tracking; MRI guidance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOTION TRACKING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS;

AUTO-CONTOURING; CONTRAST PARAMETER; INTRAFRACTION MOTION; LINAC-MR; LUNG TUMOR; RANGE OF MOTIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

TUMORS;

EID: 84857870576     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3685578     Document Type: Article

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