Bladder opacification does not significantly influence dose distribution in conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-97

  Weber, Damien C ^a   Rouzaud, Michel ^a   Miralbell, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D CRT; Bladder opacification; Comparative planning; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0035313849     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00306-1     Document Type: Article

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