Implementation of remote 3-dimensional image guided radiation therapy quality assurance for radiation therapy oncology group clinical trials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 271-277

  Cui, Yunfeng ^a   Galvin, James M ^a,b   Parker, William ^c   Breen, Stephen ^d   Yin, Fang Fang ^e   Cai, Jing ^e   Papiez, Lech S ^f   Li, X Allen ^g   Bednarz, Greg ^h   Chen, Wenzhou ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; ANALYSIS TOOLS; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA SETS; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; IMAGING MODALITY; MEGAVOLTAGE CT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; REGISTRATION ACCURACY; REMOTE EVALUATION; REVIEW PROCESS; SOFTWARE SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) IMAGE; VOLUMETRIC IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CREDENTIALING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84871361868     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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