A model to simulate day-to-day variations in rectum shape

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 615-625

  Hoogeman, Mischa S ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Yan, Di ^b   Boersma, Liesbeth J ^a   Koper, P C M ^c   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Rectum

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PRESCRIPTION DOSE;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; RECTUM MOTILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0036804564     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)02946-2     Document Type: Article

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