Determination of the urethral dose in prostate brachytherapy when the urethra cannot be visualized in the postimplant CT scan

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 448-451

  Waterman, F M ^a   Dicker, A P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Iodine 125; Prostate; Urethra

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; IODINE-125; PROSTATE; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PROSTATE IMPLANTS; URETHRA; URINARY CATHETERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA;

EID: 0034105391     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598912     Document Type: Article

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