Impact of knee support and shape of tabletop on rectum and prostate position

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1364-1372

  Steenbakkers, Roel J H M ^a   Duppen, Joop C ^a   Betgen, Anja ^a   Lotz, Heidi Th ^a   Remeijer, Peter ^a   Fitton, Isabelle ^a   Nowak, Peter J C M ^b   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Rasch, Coen R N ^a,c  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MRI; Organ motion; Prostate cancer; Rectum; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

HISTOGRAMS; KNEE SUPPORT; PATIENT-POSITIONING DEVICES; PROSTRATES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERROR; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PENIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM; ROTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PENIS; POSTURE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 10044287183     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.05.060     Document Type: Article

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