International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 1242-1250 , 15 March 2010

Quantification of Artifact Reduction With Real-Time Cine Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography Acquisition Methods

  • Ulrich W. Langner, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics Division, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, California 94305-5847
    • Department of Radiation medicine, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Ulrich Langner, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536. Tel.: (+1859) 323 6917; Fax: (+1859) 257 1800
    • ,
  • Paul J. Keall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Stanford University Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics Division, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Stanford, California 94305-5847

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

 This work was supported by P01 grant 1P01CA116602-01A27117.

PII: S0360-3016(09)01026-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.013

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 1242-1250 , 15 March 2010

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