Accuracy of seed reconstruction in prostate postplanning studied with a CT- and MRI-compatible phantom

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-197

  De Brabandere, Marisol ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^b   Peeters, Ronald ^a   Haustermans, Karin ^a   Van den Heuvel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Phantom; Prostate seed implant; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744994341     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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