A complementary dual-modality verification for tumor tracking on a gimbaled linac system

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-474

  Poels, Kenneth ^a   Depuydt, Tom ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Engels, Benedikt ^a   Collen, Christine ^a   Heinrich, Steffen ^b   Duchateau, Michael ^a   Reynders, Truus ^a   Leysen, Katrien ^a   Boussaer, Marlies ^a   Steenbeke, Femke ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Gevaert, Thierry ^a   Storme, Guy ^a   De Ridder, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b BRAINLAB AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic tumor tracking; Intra fraction treatment verification; kV MV fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; FLUOROSCOPY; GIMBALED LINAC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOGRAPHY; REAL TIME TUMOR TRACKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

FIDUCIAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MOTION; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84890125442     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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