Texture analysis on the fluence map to evaluate the degree of modulation for volumetric modulated arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Park, So Yeon ^a,b   Kim, Il Han ^a,b   Ye, Sung Joon ^a,b,c   Carlson, Joel ^b,c   Park, Jong Min ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

degree of modulation; fluence map; modulation index; texture analysis; volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

DEGREE OF MODULATION; DELIVERABILITY; FLUENCE MAP; FLUENCES; MODULATION INDEXES; PARAMETER-OPTIMIZED; STATION PARAMETERS; TEXTURAL FEATURE; TEXTURE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

MODULATION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ENTROPY; FLUENCE MAP TEXTURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; VARIANCE; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908406221     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: 24734209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4897388     Document Type: Article

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