Improvement in total positioning error for lateral prostatic fields using a soft immobilization device

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Catton, Charles ^a   Lebar, Lorraine ^b   Warde, Padraig ^a   Hao, Yong ^b   Catton, Pamela ^a   Gospodarowicz, Mary ^a   McLean, Michael ^a   Milosevic, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prostatic irradiation; Soft immobilization; Total positioning error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION FIELD; TECHNICAL AID;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030763604     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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