Image-guided radiotherapy for prostate cancer by CT-linear accelerator combination: Prostate movements and dosimetric considerations

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 561-569

  Wong, James R ^a,b   Grimm, Lisa ^a   Uematsu, Minoru ^c   Oren, Reva ^a   Cheng, Chee Wai ^a   Merrick, Scott ^d   Schiff, Peter ^b  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Image guided radiotherapy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; SCANNING; TUMORS;

CT SCANNERS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMUS LINEAR ACCELATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM DISEASE; SEMINAL VESICLE;

HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12844261801     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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