The effect of interobserver variability on transrectal ultrasonography-based postimplant dosimetry

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 174-182

  Xue, Jinyu ^a   Waterman, Frank ^a   Handler, Jay ^b   Gressen, Eric ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Frankford Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Linked seeds; Postimplant dosimetry; Prostate brachytherapy; Transrectal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTUM;

EID: 33746077060     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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