Set-up verification of cervix cancer patients treated with long treatment fields; implications of a non-rigid bony anatomy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-29

  Quint, Sandra ^a   De Boer, Hans C J ^a   Van Sörnsen De Koste, John R ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a   Olofsen Van Acht, Manouk J J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Electronic portal imaging devices; Non rigid bony anatomy; Radiotherapy; Set up verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035400592     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00346-2     Document Type: Article

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