3D dose verification in 192Ir HDR prostate monotherapy using polymer gels and MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2031-2039

  Kipouros, P ^a   Papagiannis, P ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a   Karaiskos, P ^b   Sandilos, P ^b   Baras, P ^c   Seimenis, I ^c   Kozicki, M ^d   Anagnostopoulos, G ^e   Baltas, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D; 192Ir; Brachytherapy; Monotherapy; MRI; Polymer gel; VIPAR

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS; UROLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; MONO-THERAPY; POLYMER GELS; VIPAR; ^192IR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IRIDIUM 192; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TIME; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

APUS APUS;

EID: 10744228472     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1590437     Document Type: Article

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