Internal fiducial markers can assist dose escalation in treatment of prostate cancer: Result of organ motion simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-285

  Zhang, M ^a,b   Moiseenko, V ^a   Liu, M ^a   Craig, T ^c  

^a Fraser Valley Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBABILITY;

GEOMETRY UNCERTAINTY; RADIATION TREATMENT;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM;

EID: 32544444126     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/2/006     Document Type: Article

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