Combined use of transverse and scout computed tomography scans to localize radioactive seeds in an interstitial brachytherapy implant

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 502-505

  Ning, Yue ^a   Chen, Zhe ^a   Bond, James E ^a   Son, Yung H ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; CT; Interstitial implants; Orthogonal film; Source localization

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE PROSPECTING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; REFERENCE POINTS; SLICE THICKNESS; SOURCE LOCALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IRIDIUM 192; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPLANT; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0344528563     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598548     Document Type: Article

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