A comparison of CT- and ultrasound-based imaging to localize the prostate for external beam radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 678-687

  McNair, Helen A ^a   Mangar, Stephen A ^a   Coffey, Jerome ^a   Shoulders, Beverley ^a   Hansen, Vibeke N ^a   Norman, Andrew ^a   Staffurth, John ^a   Sohaib, S Aslam ^a   Warrington, Alan P ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Ultrasound; Verification

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE MOVEMENT; PROSTATE POSITION; VERIFICATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

MARKER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

GOLD; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646921502     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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