Clinical evaluation of a commercial surface-imaging system for patient positioning in radiotherapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1080-1084

  Stieler, F ^a   Wenz, F ^a   Scherrer, D ^a   Bernhardt, M ^a   Lohr, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Image guided radiotherapy; Optical surface laser scanner; Patient positioning; Tumor location

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; NEOPLASM; PATIENT POSITIONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINE POSITION;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84872874385     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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