A solid water pelvic and prostate phantom for imaging, volume rendering, treatment planning, and dosimetry for an RTOG multi-institutional, 3-D dose escalation study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 205-211

  Paliwal, Bhudatt R ^a,c   Ritter, Mark A ^a   McNutt, Todd R ^a   Mackie, T Rock ^a   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^a   Purdy, James A ^b   Kinsella, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D Conformal radiotherapy; Prostate phantom; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031698001     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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