The Vienna applicator for combined intracavitary and interstitial brachytherapy of cervical cancer: Design, application, treatment planning, and dosimetric results

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 624-630

  Kirisits, Christian ^a   Lang, Stefan ^a   Dimopoulos, Johannes ^a   Berger, Daniel ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646233996     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.036     Document Type: Article

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