High-precision prostate cancer irradiation by clinical application of an offline patient setup verification procedure, using portal imaging

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 321-332

  Bel, Arjan ^a   Vos, Pieter H ^b   Rodrigus, Patrick T R ^c   Creutzberg, Carien L ^b   Visser, Andries G ^b   Stroom, Joep C ^b   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision rules; Portal imaging; Prostate cancer; Setup accuracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIGITAL COMPUTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029996627     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02395-X     Document Type: Article

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