A framework for deformable image registration validation in radiotherapy clinical applications

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 192-213

  Varadhan, Raj ^a   Karangelis, Grigorios ^b   Krishnan, Karthik ^c   Hui, Susanta ^d  

^a Minneapolis Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b Oncology Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c KITWARE INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiotherapy; Deformable image registration; Deformation vector field; Image guided radiation therapy; Inverse consistency error; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873528337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i1.4066     Document Type: Article

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