Prostate seed implant quality assessment using MR and CT image fusion

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-72

  Amdur, Robert J ^a   Gladstone, David ^a   Leopold, Kenneth A ^a   Harris, Robert D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Image fusion; Prostate; Seed implant

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPLANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032934241     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00372-1     Document Type: Article

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