A systematic study of imaging uncertainties and their impact on 125I prostate brachytherapy dose evaluation

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1897-1908

  Lindsay, Patricia E ^a,b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b   Battista, Jerry J ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BINARY COMBINATIONS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; SEED LOCALIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

UROLOGY;

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0037962474     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1586451     Document Type: Article

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