Six degrees of freedom CBCT-based positioning for intracranial targets treated with frameless stereotactic radiosurgery

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 215-225

  Dhabaan, Anees ^a   Schreibmann, Eduard ^a   Siddiqi, Arsalan ^a   Elder, Eric ^a   Fox, Tim ^a   Ogunleye, Tomi ^a   Esiashvili, Natia ^a   Curran, Walter ^a   Crocker, Ian ^a   Shu, Hui Kuo ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Registration; Six degrees of freedom; Stereotactic frameless radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873562149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i6.3916     Document Type: Article

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