The use of megavoltage cone-beam CT to complement CT for target definition in pelvic radiotherapy in the presence of hip replacement

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 947, 2006, Pages 918-921

  Aubin, M ^a   Morin, O ^a   Chen, J ^a   Gillis, A ^a   Pickett, B ^a   Aubry, J F ^a   Akazawa, C ^a   Speight, J ^a   Roach III, M ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PROSTATE CANCER; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; METALS; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748313414     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/19559792     Document Type: Article

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