A comparison of daily CT localization to a daily ultrasound-based system in prostate cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 719-725

  Lattanzi, Joseph ^a   McNeeley, Shawn ^a   Pinover, Wayne ^a   Horwitz, Eric ^a   Das, Indra ^a   Schultheiss, Timothy E ^a   Hanks, Gerald E ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE CALCULATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TECHNOLOGY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0033062679     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00496-9     Document Type: Article

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