EXOMIO: A 3D Simulator for External Beam Radiotherapy

2nd IEEE TCVG / Eurographics International Workshop on Volume Graphics, VG 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 355-367

  Karangelis, Grigorios ^a   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^b   Baltas, Dimos ^b   Sakas, Georgios ^a  

^a Institut Für Graphische Daten Verarbeitung   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; DATA SET; EXTERNAL-BEAM RADIOTHERAPIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; SIMULATION PROCEDURES; SIMULATION PROCESS; SYSTEM SOFTWARES; VIRTUAL SIMULATORS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 85070106049     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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