The impact of isocenter placement errors associated with dose distributions used in irradiating prostate cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Pickett, Barby ^a,b   Roach III, Mack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Isocenter displacement errors; Prostate; Three dimensional treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; FEMUR HEAD; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHOTON; PRESCRIPTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECTUM;

FEMUR HEAD; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHOTONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RECTUM; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0030159178     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-3947(96)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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