A methodology to determine margins by EPID measurements of patient setup variation and motion as applied to immobilization devices

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2978-2988

  Prisciandaro, Joann I ^a   Frechette, Christina M ^a   Herman, Michael G ^a   Brown, Paul D ^a   Garces, Yolanda I ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Head and neck cancer; Treatment margins

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOM ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

DIGITALLY RECONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; IMMOBILIZATION DEVICES; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRAFRACTION VARIATIONS; TREATMENT MARGINS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION; MASK; MOTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION FIELD; TECHNIQUE;

BIKINIA LE-TESTUI; PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 9344238243     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1800712     Document Type: Article

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