Daily prostate targeting using implanted radiopaque markers

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 699-703

  Litzenberg, Dale ^a,b   Dawson, Laura A ^a   Sandler, Howard ^a   Sanda, Martin G ^a   McShan, Daniel L ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a   Lam, Kwok L ^a   Brock, Kristy K ^a   Balter, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

On line setup adjustment; Prostate localization; Prostate movement

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOPAQUE MARKERS;

ONCOLOGY;

MARKER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MALE; PRONE POSITION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0036498743     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02654-2     Document Type: Article

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