Postimplantation dosimetric analysis of permanent transperineal prostate implantation: Improved dose distributions with an intraoperative computer-optimized conformal planning technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 601-608

  Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Yamada, Yoshiya ^a   Cohen, Gilad ^a   Venkatraman, E S ^a   Fung, Albert Y C ^a   Furhang, Eli ^a   Silvern, David ^b   Zaider, Marco ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Conformal; Dosimetry; Genetic algorithm; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECTUM; URETHRA;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; URETHRA;

EID: 0034266493     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00655-6     Document Type: Article

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