Deformable image registration for radiation therapy planning: Algorithms and applications

Biomechanical Systems Technology: Volume 1: Computational Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-28

  Kaus, Michael R ^a   Brock, Kristy K ^b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deformable image registration; External beam radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DISEASES; IMAGE REGISTRATION; TUMORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING; MULTIMODAL IMAGE REGISTRATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84967344444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812770042_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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