Setup accuracy of stereoscopic X-ray positioning with automated correction for rotational errors in patients treated with conformal arc radiotherapy for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-373

  Soete, Guy ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Tournel, Koen ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Patient positioning; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; X RAY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; X-RAYS;

EID: 33748677474     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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