Development of a semi-automatic alignment tool for accelerated localization of the prostate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 811-824

  Hua, Chiaho ^a   Lovelock, D Michael ^a   Mageras, Gikas S ^a   Katz, Matthew S ^a   Mechalakos, James ^a   Lief, Eugene P ^a   Hollister, Timothy ^a   Lutz, Wendell R ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Ling, Clifton C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; External beam radiation therapy; Prostate cancer; Prostate targeting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

PROSTATE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 0037359794     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04207-4     Document Type: Article

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