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In the present paper a general setup for the determination of imperfect geometry of radiotherapeutic devices has been proposed that is based on a geometric algebra framework. To account for this imperfect geometry, two methods of a calibration were presented, consisting of determining for each angular position of a gantry a correction shift which must be applied to the origin of a laboratory frame of reference to place it along a radiation axis for this angular position. Closed form solutions for these corrections are provided.
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Kycia, R.A., Tabor, Z., Woszczyna, A. et al. A Framework for Assumption-Free Assessment of Imperfect Geometry of a Linac C-Arms. Adv. Appl. Clifford Algebras 28, 54 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00006-018-0873-8
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