First experiences with a noninvasive patient set-up system for radiation therapy of the prostate;Erste erfahrungen mit einem nichtinvasiven patientenfixierungssystem fur die stereotaktische strahlentherapie der prostata

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 217-222

  Herfarth, Klaus K ^a,b   Pirzkall, Andrea ^a   Lohr, Frank ^a,c   Schulz Ertner, Daniela ^a   Spoo, Julia ^b   Frank, Claudia ^a   Bahner, Malte L ^b   Pastyr, Otto ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Radiologische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractionated extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy; IMRT; Noninvasive patient immobilization; Prostate tumors; Set up accuracy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034026737     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000660050003     Document Type: Article

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