Prostate target volume variations during a course of radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 661-672

  Antolak, John A ^a,b   Rosen, Isaac I ^a   Childress, Constance H ^a   Zagars, Gunar K ^a   Pollack, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D image registration; Planning target volume; Prostate motion; Prostate radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031783649     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00248-X     Document Type: Article

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