Prostate volume determination: Differential volume measurements comparing CT and TRUS

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-183

  Kälkner, Karl Mikael ^a   Kubicek, Gregory ^c   Nilsson, Josef ^b   Lundell, Marie ^b   Levitt, Seymour ^a,c   Nilsson, Sten ^a  

^a Department of Oncology ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Computerised tomography (CT); Prostate volume; Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33751232679     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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