Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 117-125 , July 2010

Registration of on-board X-ray images with 4DCT: A proposed method of phase and setup verification for gated radiotherapy

  • Qianyi Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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  • Zhijun He

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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  • Jiajin Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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  • Russell J. Hamilton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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  • Yan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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  • C.-M. Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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  • Lei Xing

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Received 4 July 2007 ,Revised 15 July 2009 ,Accepted 1 September 2009.

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PII: S1120-1797(09)00053-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.09.001

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 117-125 , July 2010

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