Reconstruction and navigation system for intraoperative brachytherapy using the flab technique for colorectal tumor bed irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1323-1329

  Strassmann, Gerd ^a   Walter, Stefan ^b   Kolotas, Christos ^a   Heyd, Reinhard ^a   Baltas, Dimos ^a,c   Debertshäuser, Detlef ^a   Nier, Helmut ^a   Tonus, Carolin ^a   Sakas, George ^b,c   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^a,c  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b Inst Graphische Datenverarbeitung   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Intraoperative HDR brachytherapy; Navigation; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICON; TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ERROR; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; PELVIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17944403997     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00492-2     Document Type: Article

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