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Tumor localization and beam monitoring—electrofluorotomography
Author(s) -
Baily Norman A.,
Lasser Elliott C.,
Keller Robert A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594222
Subject(s) - contouring , beam (structure) , medical physics , transverse plane , radiation oncology , digital radiography , radiography , instrumentation (computer programming) , nuclear medicine , radiation therapy , optics , computer science , physics , medicine , radiology , computer graphics (images) , operating system
Methodology and instrumentation are presented which are potentially capable of presenting fluoroscopically derived transverse axial body sections for use in radiation‐oncology treatment planning and beam monitoring. These combine the methods of Takahashi for generating transverse axial tomograms with electronic radiography, electrofluorotomography, and a contouring program for extracting body and tumor contours in a digital format. The system will also be capable of assuring both initial and day‐to‐day beam alignment.