Examination of dosimetry accuracy as a function of seed detection rate in permanent prostate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3049-3056

  Su, Yi ^a   Davis, Brian J ^b   Herman, Michael G ^b   Manduca, Armando ^a   Robb, Richard A ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES; DETECTION LEVELS; DETECTION RATES; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; RANDOM CONFIGURATIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; URETHRA;

EID: 25644435005     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2012789     Document Type: Article

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