Independent verification of ultrasound based image-guided radiation treatment, using electronic portal imaging and implanted gold markers

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2878-2887

  Van Den Heuvel, Frank ^a   Powell, Tanya ^a   Seppi, Edward ^b   Littrupp, Peter ^a   Khan, Mubashra ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Forman, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

CORRECTION SCHEMES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; EXTERNAL BEAM THERAPY; FIDUCIAL MARKER; RADIATION TREATMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TWO DIRECTIONS; ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASONICS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GOLD;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BODY POSITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0345256658     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1617354     Document Type: Article

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