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    Estimation of CT cone-beam geometry using a novel method insensitive to phantom fabrication inaccuracy: Implications for isocenter localization accuracy

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    Purpose: Mechanical instabilities that occur during gantry rotation of on-board cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging systems limit the efficacy of image-guided radiotherapy. Various methods for calibrating the CBCT geometry and correcting errors have been proposed, including some that utilize dedicated fiducial phantoms. The purpose of this work was to investigate the role of phantom fabrication imprecision on the accuracy of a particular CT cone-beam geometry estimate and to test a new method to mitigate errors in beam geometry arising from imperfectly fabricated phantoms
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