Early clinical experience with anatomy-based inverse planning dose optimization for high-dose-rate boost of the prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-100

  Lachance, Bernard ^a   Béliveau Nadeau, Dominic ^a   Lessard, Étienne ^b   Chrétien, Mario ^a   Hsu, I Chow Joe ^b   Pouliot, Jean ^b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a   Vigneault, Éric ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetric study; HDR; Inverse planning; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ONCOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; TUMOR VOLUME; URETHRA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036718529     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02897-3     Document Type: Article

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