Treatment planning issues related to prostate movement in response to differential filling of the rectum and bladder

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1317-1324

  Ten Haken, R K ^a   Forman, J D ^a   Heimburger, D K ^a   Gerhardsson, A ^a   McShan, D L ^a   Perez Tamayo, C ^a   Schoeppel, S L ^a   Lichter, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam's eye view (BEV) planning; Computerized 3 D treatment planning; Conformal therapy; Prostate movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RECTUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BLADDER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM;

EID: 0025779040     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(91)90244-X     Document Type: Article

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