The feasibility of endoscopy-CT image registration in the head and neck without prospective endoscope tracking.

Endoscopic examinations are frequently-used procedures for patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy, but radiation treatment plans are created on computed tomography (CT) scans. Image registration between endoscopic video and CT could be used to improve treatment planning and analy...

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Main Authors: W Scott Ingram, Jinzhong Yang, Beth M Beadle, Richard Wendt, Arvind Rao, Xin A Wang, Laurence E Court
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5436843?pdf=render