A novel technique for markerless, self-sorted 4D-CBCT: Feasibility study

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1442-1451

  Vergalasova, Irina ^a,b   Cai, Jing ^a,b   Yin, Fang Fang ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4D cone beam CT; image guided radiotherapy; localization; on board imaging; organ motion

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOMS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

CONE-BEAM CT; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LOCALIZATION; ON BOARD IMAGING; ORGAN MOTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857885487     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3685443     Document Type: Article

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