Source placement error for permanent implant of the prostate

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-257

  Roberson, Peter L ^a,b   Narayana, Vrinda ^b   McShan, Daniel L ^a   Winfield, Raymond J ^b   McLaughlin, P William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D treatment planning; CT; dosimetry; prostate implant; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; NEEDLES; ULTRASONICS;

3D TREATMENT PLANNING; CT IDENTIFICATION; PLANNING STUDIES; PROSTATE IMPLANTS; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

UROLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031059638     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598058     Document Type: Article

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