A comparison of ventilatory prostate movement in four treatment positions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-323

  Dawson, Laura A ^a,b   Litzenberg, Dale W ^a   Brock, Kristy K ^a   Sanda, Martin ^b   Sullivan, Molly ^a   Sandler, Howard M ^a   Balter, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing; Organ motion; Prostate radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SUPINE POSITION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PRONE POSITION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATION; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0033824006     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00751-3     Document Type: Article

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