Comparison of megavoltage position verification for prostate irradiation based on bony anatomy and implanted fiducials

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  Nederveen, Aart J ^a   Dehnad, Homan ^a   Van Der Heide, Uulke A ^a   Van Moorselaar, R Jeroen A ^a   Hofman, Pieter ^a   Lagendijk, Jan J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Correction protocol; Implanted gold marker; Position verification; Prostate variability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 0142043343     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00129-4     Document Type: Article

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