Prostate contouring uncertainty in megavoltage computed tomography images acquired with a helical tomotherapy unit during image-guided radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 595-607

  Song, William Y ^a,b   Chiu, Bernard ^b,c   Bauman, Glenn S ^a,b   Lock, Michael ^a,b   Rodrigues, George ^a,b   Ash, Robert ^a,b   Lewis, Craig ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^b,c   Battista, Jerry J ^a,b   Van Dyk, Jake ^a,b  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contouring uncertainty; Helical tomotherapy; Kilovoltage CT; Megavoltage CT; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

CONTOURING UNCERTAINTY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; KILOVOLTAGE CT; MEGAVOLTAGE CT; PROSTATE CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SEMINAL VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33646256149     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.049     Document Type: Article

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