The impact of patient positioning on the adequate coverage of the uterus in the primary irradiation of cervical carcinoma: A prospective analysis using magnetic resonance imaging

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-87

  Weiss, Elisabeth ^a   Eberlein, Klaus ^a   Pradier, Olivier ^a   Schmidberger, Heinz ^a   Hess, Clemens F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Belly board; Cervical carcinoma; Pelvic irradiation; Random error; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SUPINE POSITION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036279439     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00471-6     Document Type: Article

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