Lung diaphragm tracking in CBCT images using spatio-temporal MRF

In External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT) intra fraction target motion management is an important problem for thoracic and abdominal tumors. There are many techniques for motion management like margin expansion, gated treatment, beam tracking, etc. (Murphy, 2004; Mageras and Yorke, 2004). In all these an accurate characterization of the breathing pattern is required. To observe the breathing pattern, there are three possible approaches

Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics - July 10, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Manivannan Sundarapandian, Ramakrishnan Kalpathi, R. Alfredo C. Siochi, Amrut S. Kadam Source Type: research