Dosimetric impact of the variation of the prostate volume and shape between pretreatment planning and treatment procedure

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 215-221

  Beaulieu, Luc ^a   Aubin, Sylviane ^a,b   Taschereau, Richard ^a,b   Pouliot, Jean ^c   Vigneault, Éric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Inverse planning; Optimization; Volume study

Indexed keywords

TREATMENT PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PLANNING;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EDEMA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0036569646     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02729-3     Document Type: Article

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