Optimal parameters for clinical implementation of breast cancer patient setup using Varian DTS software

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 60-73

  Ng, Sook Kien ^a,b   Zygmanski, Piotr ^a   Jeung, Andrew ^c   Mostafavi, Hassan ^c   Hesser, Juergen ^b   Bellon, Jennifer R ^a   Wong, Julia S ^a   Lyatskaya, Yulia ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital tomosynthesis; Patient setup; Shift and add algorithm; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866747035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i3.3752     Document Type: Article

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