Localization of deformable tumors from short-arc projections using Bayesian estimation

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7205-7214

  Hoegele, W ^a,d   Zygmanski, P ^b   Dobler, B ^a   Kroiss, M ^c   Koelbl, O ^a   Loeschel, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Linz   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; patient positioning; setup error; short arc

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DEFORMATION; ERROR STATISTICS; ERRORS; IMAGE QUALITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; BAYESIAN ESTIMATORS; NON-RIGID DEFORMATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT POSITIONING METHODS; SETUP ERRORS; SHORT ARC; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870950418     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4764483     Document Type: Article

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